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testing salt
aquarium pharmaceuticals is evidently not making the salt level test kits for ponds
anymore. anybody know a cheap salt meter model? Ingrid |
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On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:41:25 EDT, wrote:
aquarium pharmaceuticals is evidently not making the salt level test kits for ponds anymore. anybody know a cheap salt meter model? Ingrid http://www.hammockkoifarm.com/koi-care-products.html Is the salt meter I use. I see they have a pH meter, I thought those had to be calibrated? Hmm..... ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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testing salt
easy to calibrate. vinegar and baking soda in water have pretty constant pH.
also, soak shredded red cabbage in 50oC water for 1/2 hour makes pretty good pH solution. http://weloveteaching.com/0spring/0l...lab-water.html Ingrid On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:46:57 EDT, ~ jan wrote: http://www.hammockkoifarm.com/koi-care-products.html Is the salt meter I use. I see they have a pH meter, I thought those had to be calibrated? Hmm..... ~ jan |
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On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:46:57 EDT, ~ jan wrote:
http://www.hammockkoifarm.com/koi-care-products.html Is the salt meter I use. I see they have a pH meter, I thought those had to be calibrated? Hmm..... ~ jan On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:11:59 EDT, Galen Hekhuis wrote: It's not that hard. I got a bunch of pH packets with the meter (ph3,7,9) so's you could check the whole range. I did for awhile, found it didn't change much, and so only checked mid-range. That didn't change much either, so now I "calibrate" rather rarely. I suppose it might be important if you were trying to keep pH to two decimal places or something, but generally with plants I'm mostly concerned with only one digit and maybe (on occasion) I pay attention to the first decimal, rarely the second. I've had an electric digital pH gauge for over a year now and find it a lot easier (and probably more accurate) than anything else. I just may have to reconsider getting one. Thanks, Solo & Galen. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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