Twoapennything
Aquarium Advice Freak
I have the API test kits for both GH and KH, but I cannot find the directions that came in the packages. I'm thinking I'm going to have to buy another set in order to get the directions on how to read the results; I can't find them online, although I've looked.
According to the Water Hardness Report from Denver Water, Denver's water would seem to run on the soft side as far as making lather from soap goes. Soap lathers up very nicely here. However, I do notice scale on all kinds of things, including my aquarium, but it doesn't say if scale is indicative of hard or soft water, or whether it's a good or bad thing when it comes to fish. It also doesn't give a specific hardness number or value.
The Denver Water Quality Report shows that nitrItes typically run around 1.0 ppm and nitrAtes run around 10 ppm. Those are the exact readings I got on my API tests this morning; I did a 70% PWC about four days ago. Chloramine runs at 4 ppm. Apparently they don't test for ammonia. Copper runs around 1.3 ppm.
I'm just wondering if any of these numbers mean anything to anyone who might be able to explain them, and who might be able to explain how they affect my tank. As I mentioned in another post, I've lost six fish over the past ten days. So something is clearly off.
Anyone know how to read the API GH and KH test solutions?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
According to the Water Hardness Report from Denver Water, Denver's water would seem to run on the soft side as far as making lather from soap goes. Soap lathers up very nicely here. However, I do notice scale on all kinds of things, including my aquarium, but it doesn't say if scale is indicative of hard or soft water, or whether it's a good or bad thing when it comes to fish. It also doesn't give a specific hardness number or value.
The Denver Water Quality Report shows that nitrItes typically run around 1.0 ppm and nitrAtes run around 10 ppm. Those are the exact readings I got on my API tests this morning; I did a 70% PWC about four days ago. Chloramine runs at 4 ppm. Apparently they don't test for ammonia. Copper runs around 1.3 ppm.
I'm just wondering if any of these numbers mean anything to anyone who might be able to explain them, and who might be able to explain how they affect my tank. As I mentioned in another post, I've lost six fish over the past ten days. So something is clearly off.
Anyone know how to read the API GH and KH test solutions?
Thanks in advance for any replies.