have any of you made 'up' charts to use for recording water testing, meds
added, etc.?? maybe on power point or some other program?

want to share with the rest of us???

the koi KHA site has one , but not enough room to write...

muffin . looking at scraps of paper.........

It should be easy to draw one up on MS Word , Excel, or some such
program...



On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 07:01:09 -0400, "*muffin*"
wrote:

have any of you made 'up' charts to use for recording water testing, meds
added, etc.?? maybe on power point or some other program?

want to share with the rest of us???

the koi KHA site has one , but not enough room to write...

muffin . looking at scraps of paper.........

If you have Power Point, you most likely have Excel.

How about keeping it relatively simple: Date across the top, other
parameters down the side?

Or go to the local office supply store & buy an accounting ledger. Figure
out what info you want to record, write it down, transfer it to Excel.

Come to think of it, my directions are probably reversed!
Unless you take your laptop computer to the pond with you (don't laugh!),
start by buying paper large enough to write down everything you want to
track.

Then, if you want to get some sense of a "trend" you can enter the info into
Excel and make a *chart* (besides, charts are the most fun I ever had with
Excel!) Okay, so it wasn't all that much fun -- but when I lived in
northern VT on a Christmas tree farm, I tracked rainfall. With Excel, even
a duffer like me could create a chart that showed me comparative rainfall
(by month) for various years.

Another thought: you might look for a "gardener's journal" as the set-up is
much the same, plus they usually have lots of room for notes.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC





"*muffin*" wrote in message
...
have any of you made 'up' charts to use for recording water testing, meds
added, etc.?? maybe on power point or some other program?

want to share with the rest of us???

the koi KHA site has one , but not enough room to write...

muffin . looking at scraps of paper.........

Anne Lurie,

What do you need to chart. When you have an outside pond and a
thousand plus gallons of water, your water parameters should change
very little, unless you are tracking DO in the summer time as the
temperatures climb. I run around 1200 gallons and the only time mine
show any kind of shift is when we get 3 to 5 inches of rain in an hour
or less, but in a matter of hours is right back to where it always is,
pH-8.3, KH- 135ppm, GH -200ppm, zero everything else.

Tom L.L.
===================================
"Anne Lurie" wrote in message r.com...
If you have Power Point, you most likely have Excel.

How about keeping it relatively simple: Date across the top, other
parameters down the side?

Or go to the local office supply store & buy an accounting ledger. Figure
out what info you want to record, write it down, transfer it to Excel.

Come to think of it, my directions are probably reversed!
Unless you take your laptop computer to the pond with you (don't laugh!),
start by buying paper large enough to write down everything you want to
track.

Then, if you want to get some sense of a "trend" you can enter the info into
Excel and make a *chart* (besides, charts are the most fun I ever had with
Excel!) Okay, so it wasn't all that much fun -- but when I lived in
northern VT on a Christmas tree farm, I tracked rainfall. With Excel, even
a duffer like me could create a chart that showed me comparative rainfall
(by month) for various years.

Another thought: you might look for a "gardener's journal" as the set-up is
much the same, plus they usually have lots of room for notes.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC





"*muffin*" wrote in message
...
have any of you made 'up' charts to use for recording water testing, meds
added, etc.?? maybe on power point or some other program?

want to share with the rest of us???

the koi KHA site has one , but not enough room to write...

muffin . looking at scraps of paper.........

welll besides, water testing stuff.
I can think of:
when you add fish.
fish die
any sickness
any medicines,, added, when
things also like potash, salt, koizyme
any new pet food fed,
etc etc.when plants are added,,

OK. I asked because I "LOVE" computer charts etc, etc, ,but do not have the
time or challenge to make one, (know nothing of power point, or excel..)
I thought someone else must have done this!! (paper...........fooey)


"Tom La Bron" wrote in message
om...
Anne Lurie,

What do you need to chart. When you have an outside pond and a
thousand plus gallons of water, your water parameters should change
very little, unless you are tracking DO in the summer time as the
temperatures climb. I run around 1200 gallons and the only time mine
show any kind of shift is when we get 3 to 5 inches of rain in an hour
or less, but in a matter of hours is right back to where it always is,
pH-8.3, KH- 135ppm, GH -200ppm, zero everything else.

Tom L.L.
===================================
"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
r.com...
If you have Power Point, you most likely have Excel.

How about keeping it relatively simple: Date across the top, other
parameters down the side?

Or go to the local office supply store & buy an accounting ledger.
Figure
out what info you want to record, write it down, transfer it to Excel.

Come to think of it, my directions are probably reversed!
Unless you take your laptop computer to the pond with you (don't
laugh!),
start by buying paper large enough to write down everything you want to
track.

Then, if you want to get some sense of a "trend" you can enter the info
into
Excel and make a *chart* (besides, charts are the most fun I ever had
with
Excel!) Okay, so it wasn't all that much fun -- but when I lived in
northern VT on a Christmas tree farm, I tracked rainfall. With Excel,
even
a duffer like me could create a chart that showed me comparative
rainfall
(by month) for various years.

Another thought: you might look for a "gardener's journal" as the
set-up is
much the same, plus they usually have lots of room for notes.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC





"*muffin*" wrote in message
...
have any of you made 'up' charts to use for recording water testing,
meds
added, etc.?? maybe on power point or some other program?

want to share with the rest of us???

the koi KHA site has one , but not enough room to write...

muffin . looking at scraps of paper.........

Muffin,

There are a number of aquarium/pond programs on the market that does all
that for you and also helps you to remember to change/clean your filter and
when to add additives, if need be and then some of them will put out nice
charts to chart your progress.

Tom L.L.
"*muffin*" wrote in message
...
welll besides, water testing stuff.
I can think of:
when you add fish.
fish die
any sickness
any medicines,, added, when
things also like potash, salt, koizyme
any new pet food fed,
etc etc.when plants are added,,

OK. I asked because I "LOVE" computer charts etc, etc, ,but do not have
the
time or challenge to make one, (know nothing of power point, or excel..)
I thought someone else must have done this!! (paper...........fooey)


"Tom La Bron" wrote in message
om...
Anne Lurie,

What do you need to chart. When you have an outside pond and a
thousand plus gallons of water, your water parameters should change
very little, unless you are tracking DO in the summer time as the
temperatures climb. I run around 1200 gallons and the only time mine
show any kind of shift is when we get 3 to 5 inches of rain in an hour
or less, but in a matter of hours is right back to where it always is,
pH-8.3, KH- 135ppm, GH -200ppm, zero everything else.

Tom L.L.
===================================
"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
r.com...
If you have Power Point, you most likely have Excel.

How about keeping it relatively simple: Date across the top, other
parameters down the side?

Or go to the local office supply store & buy an accounting ledger.
Figure
out what info you want to record, write it down, transfer it to Excel.

Come to think of it, my directions are probably reversed!
Unless you take your laptop computer to the pond with you (don't
laugh!),
start by buying paper large enough to write down everything you want
to
track.

Then, if you want to get some sense of a "trend" you can enter the
info
into
Excel and make a *chart* (besides, charts are the most fun I ever had
with
Excel!) Okay, so it wasn't all that much fun -- but when I lived in
northern VT on a Christmas tree farm, I tracked rainfall. With Excel,
even
a duffer like me could create a chart that showed me comparative
rainfall
(by month) for various years.

Another thought: you might look for a "gardener's journal" as the
set-up is
much the same, plus they usually have lots of room for notes.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC





"*muffin*" wrote in message
...
have any of you made 'up' charts to use for recording water testing,
meds
added, etc.?? maybe on power point or some other program?

want to share with the rest of us???

the koi KHA site has one , but not enough room to write...

muffin . looking at scraps of paper.........

Really?? I could probably do one up myself in excel, and I can always set up
Outlook to remind me, but it would be nice to have it all in one program
G. Can you tell us the name of one of them?

Lee

"Tom La Bron" wrote in message
...
Muffin,

There are a number of aquarium/pond programs on the market that does all
that for you and also helps you to remember to change/clean your filter
and
when to add additives, if need be and then some of them will put out nice
charts to chart your progress.

Tom L.L.
"*muffin*" wrote in message
...
welll besides, water testing stuff.
I can think of:
when you add fish.
fish die
any sickness
any medicines,, added, when
things also like potash, salt, koizyme
any new pet food fed,
etc etc.when plants are added,,

OK. I asked because I "LOVE" computer charts etc, etc, ,but do not have
the
time or challenge to make one, (know nothing of power point, or excel..)
I thought someone else must have done this!! (paper...........fooey)


"Tom La Bron" wrote in message
om...
Anne Lurie,

What do you need to chart. When you have an outside pond and a
thousand plus gallons of water, your water parameters should change
very little, unless you are tracking DO in the summer time as the
temperatures climb. I run around 1200 gallons and the only time mine
show any kind of shift is when we get 3 to 5 inches of rain in an hour
or less, but in a matter of hours is right back to where it always is,
pH-8.3, KH- 135ppm, GH -200ppm, zero everything else.

Tom L.L.
===================================
"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
r.com...
If you have Power Point, you most likely have Excel.

How about keeping it relatively simple: Date across the top, other
parameters down the side?

Or go to the local office supply store & buy an accounting ledger.
Figure
out what info you want to record, write it down, transfer it to
Excel.

Come to think of it, my directions are probably reversed!
Unless you take your laptop computer to the pond with you (don't
laugh!),
start by buying paper large enough to write down everything you want
to
track.

Then, if you want to get some sense of a "trend" you can enter the
info
into
Excel and make a *chart* (besides, charts are the most fun I ever
had
with
Excel!) Okay, so it wasn't all that much fun -- but when I lived
in
northern VT on a Christmas tree farm, I tracked rainfall. With
Excel,
even
a duffer like me could create a chart that showed me comparative
rainfall
(by month) for various years.

Another thought: you might look for a "gardener's journal" as the
set-up is
much the same, plus they usually have lots of room for notes.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC





"*muffin*" wrote in message
...
have any of you made 'up' charts to use for recording water
testing,
meds
added, etc.?? maybe on power point or some other program?

want to share with the rest of us???

the koi KHA site has one , but not enough room to write...

muffin . looking at scraps of paper.........