Mr Burns
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I ordered the Hagen master kit over the weekend from BigAl's. I immediately tested the gH, kH, and pH. for the gH, i have to add drop to 5ml of water until it turns blue. i then take the number of drops added, multiply it by 20, and that gives me my ppm. The same thing goes for the kH, except i multiply the number of drops by 10. Correct me if i'm wrong with the ppm to degree conversion. I'm actually surprised that my numbers turned out this low, but maybe I made a mistake. Let's see if these make sense...
Straight from the tap
•gH - 100mg/L - (5.6 dgH)
•kH - 60mg/L - (3.4 dkH)
•pH - I used the high range test and it came out purple! there is no purple on the chart...it goes to a dark blue and that's it.
assuming those numbers are correct, what does it mean when i have those gH and kH reading and a pH above 8.6? is that even possible??
i have a small fish bowl filled with water that will sit until tomorrow night and i'll test again. there are already tons of little bubbles along the sides of the glass. any idea what that indicates?
Straight from the tap
•gH - 100mg/L - (5.6 dgH)
•kH - 60mg/L - (3.4 dkH)
•pH - I used the high range test and it came out purple! there is no purple on the chart...it goes to a dark blue and that's it.
assuming those numbers are correct, what does it mean when i have those gH and kH reading and a pH above 8.6? is that even possible??
i have a small fish bowl filled with water that will sit until tomorrow night and i'll test again. there are already tons of little bubbles along the sides of the glass. any idea what that indicates?