Looks like it is going to be up to me, BV ... K30a and
Hank have already cashed in. ;-)

I would add KH to measure the hardness of the
water. Lee can explain "why" alot better than I can.... I just
run the tests on KH and usually have to add 1 lb of baking
soda for 1,000 for a series of 3 or 4 days. This buffers
the water and keeps the pH from those wild swings we hear
talked about. Keeps the pH at 8.4 solid on.

I am proud of you BV ... proud that you went out and bought
that test kit!!!

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Hank" wrote in message
.. .
You mean your supposed to test your water????? Water is crystal clear,
fish are happy(I asked them), plants look happy (at least the parts
that haven't been eaten by predators) and there is just enough algae
for the fish to nibble on. ......... But I do a 25% water change
weekly and feed sparingly.

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in
message ...
OK, I can admit now...I didn't own a proper water quality test kit
until
tonight. I bought one, and tested out OK, so I can freely admit that
I had
not tested the water, ever, until now. Nedra, Ingrid, John,
k30a...no
comments from the peanut gallery.

So here are my results:

pH: 8.5...It was not 8.0 and it was not 9.0, so I guesstimated at
8.5.
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Salinity: .02

Any other tests I should own?

BV.