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Recent content by smgracey

  1. smgracey

    Help with my water

    I was trying to figure out why my water might not have any tds and I don't know if this has anything to do with it or not but I live next to a man made reservoir that was made by damming a large valley and letting it flood. I sit up the hill from the res but my well is deep enough to be down...
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    Help with my water

    I did not know there was a high and low tds meter but my api gh and kh test kit should be able to test low correct? When I do the gh test after 1 drop turns green and my kh test after 1 drop turns yellow I don't even see any orange or blue. Here is a link to my tds pen...
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    Help with my water

    I agree with the both of you that it is not normal to have water with 0 tds But that is what I have and I have to learn what to do with it. About 4 months ago I replaced my meters as they were getting old and still got the same readings. My blue lab meter does have an option to change from 500...
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    Help with my water

    yes I calibrate my meters regularly and use them almost daily as I keep a lot of house plants, I also get the same readings from the APIs test kit that I have it is only about 2 months old so I think it is correct. My house plants suffer from lack of cal mag and have to add it for them with my...
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    Help with my water

    I have some questions concerning my water, I have been reading about it for the last couple months and just can't seem to get it! Ok so let's start with one of my tanks it's a 20 gal long planted tank with sand substrate (no dirt), a spawning cave, driftwood and 2 sponge filters it houses a...
  6. smgracey

    Hello everyone

    just getting back into aquariums after life getting in the way for about 15 years. currently i keep 4 tanks with apisto's, ram's and plenty of plants.
  7. smgracey

    CONFUSED with information overload

    CONFUSED with information overload
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