Re: RE: NANFA-- TDS and Conductivity

archimed_at_netdoor.com
Sat, 21 Oct 2000 19:32:38 -0500

On 21 Oct 2000, at 17:15, Sajjad Lateef wrote:

>
> I got my TDS meter today. The tap water is around 160 ppm. All
> tanks except one read in at around 260 ppm. One tank (the newest one)
> reads in at 530 ppm. The only thing different about this is it has Profile
> fracted clay substrate and Osmocotes in the substrate. I have had some
> NRBD die in that tank unexpectedly. I wonder if the fracted clay is
> leaching into the water. I am not looking forward to breaking the tank
> down again. The other fish are listless.

Does anybody remember the conversion factor between ppm and
dH? It's in one of my books but I can't remember which one and I
have a lot of books... :-P

Prost,

Martin
------
It makes me mad when I go to all the trouble of having Marta cook up about
a hundred drumsticks, and the guy at the Marineland says, "You can't throw
chicken to the dolphins. They eat fish." Sure they eat fish, if that's all
you give them. Man, wise up.

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