Water Changes to Drop Ammonia
- Thread starter bjbass
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Ok, great. Yeah I got 4 liters of the Pond Matrix.
I got my GH and KH API test today. I was able to get it to work. It took two drops for both GH and KH to turn color. So now how do I read this dumb chart they gave me?
It says:
# of Drops | dKH | ppm GH/KH
1 | 1 | 17.9
2 | 2 | 35.8
3 | 3 | 53.7
4 | 4 | 71.6
5 | 5 | 89.5
6 | 6 | 107.4
7 | 7 | 125.3
8 | 8 | 143.2
9 | 9 | 161.1
10 | 10 | 179
11 | 11 | 196.9
12 | 12 | 214.8
Also, when you can help me determine the values, what does this mean for me? Is this my problem? I picked up a 50lb bag of crushed oyster shells today at a feed store. I will submerge them in my tank today. Also, my Pond Matrix will be here on Monday.
Thanks so much guys!!!
Well guys, my PH doesn't really seem to be improving yet, but I only have two small baggies of the crushed oyster shells in there. Perhaps I need to add more. I will give it a few weeks.
Anyway, my Pond Matrix came today and I put all 4 liters in. The water went cloudy, but that will clear up. Anyway, I think the scrubbies worked though! Yesterday my ammonia was at .5ppm and I did a 75% water change. Today it is reading zero! Woohoo. I think I am good to go. Now I will use up the rest of my Pond Stability with my Matrix in there and the bacteria growth will just get better.
Or do you think I should dose it for a week or two and save some?
Anyway, my Pond Matrix came today and I put all 4 liters in. The water went cloudy, but that will clear up. Anyway, I think the scrubbies worked though! Yesterday my ammonia was at .5ppm and I did a 75% water change. Today it is reading zero! Woohoo. I think I am good to go. Now I will use up the rest of my Pond Stability with my Matrix in there and the bacteria growth will just get better.
Or do you think I should dose it for a week or two and save some?
Follow the instructions on the bottle of stability.
Test your water daily for Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate. When no more ammonia or nitrite are present and you have a positive reading only for nitrate, then you know you it's safe to slowly stock the tank.
