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Re: Too much CO2?

To: aquatic plants digest <Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com>, Ron Barter <mistnfrost at perth_igs.net>
Subject: Re: Too much CO2?
From: Steve Pushak <teban at powersonic_bc.ca>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 01:26:02 -0800

Ron Barter measures water with 14 dKH and 21 dGH. Sometimes test kits
aren't accurate. It might be better to have the water tested by a
laboratory and know the actual values of calcium, magnesium and
carbonates. If you did have water with that much carbonic acid and
dissolved minerals, you may get precipitation of carbonate salts. Does a
glass of water left for a day or so have a layer of white dust in it? If
you boil the water, do you get heavy precipitation? This is one way to
remove carbonate hardness that is cheaper than RO. Boil the water!
-- 
Steve Pushak                              Vancouver, BC, CANADA 

Visit "Steve's Aquatic Page"      http://home.infinet.net/teban/
 for LOTS of pics, tips and links for aquatic gardening!!!

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