reverse osmosis water

[sam c]

i havent been able to find my total alkalinity from thames water and am probably gonna buy a kit to test it myself. however i think i have another option.

my brother inlaw keeps fish and i am able to get reverse osmosis water off him. if using this is there a set amount of CRS, gypsum and camden tablets that need to be used?

[sam c]

thanks.

ok point taken. i will get the kit.

cheers

[sam c]

just ordered it. i take it its fairly straight forward to use?

[Tequilla6]

They are easy to use, Been keeping Fish for a long time and if they were not easy...

If you have the Salifert kit then it very easy and precise.

Cheers

[sam c]

thank you kindly sir. hopefuly i will recieve it in a few days time.

[sam c]

got the kit, tested the water!

came out at 4.85 meq/l. so multipled by 50 is 245.5.

now to follow the water treatment guide

[sam c]

im confused again now.

are you suggesting do the test a few times to get some sort of mean average?

or do the test in half the quantities like sugested in the badly worded instructions?

oh and i will be using CRS to treat the water

[sam c]

ok i think i understand.

i will give it a go and see what the outcome is.

thanks