Re: testing DH water

[Scheele Juergen <juesche@earthlink.net>]

If you put an air stone in the bucket,
the water has the chance to exchange
with the air and will reach a close to
neutral point.
..and like all crustenears (spelling ?), daphnia
needs a minimum of calcium.

Juergen

the dude wrote:

> Juergen,
>
> THank you for your help,
>
> I have a GH and KH test kit already so I will surely do that.
>
> Are daphnia okay in phs as low as 5?
>
> coby
>
> >From: Scheele Juergen <juesche@earthlink.net>
> >Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com
> >To: apisto@listbox.com
> >Subject: Re: testing DH water
> >Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:51:07 -0700
> >
> >Coby,
> >I am still not convinced, absolutely not, that the water, the dehumidified
> >water
> >is safe for keeping and breeding fish.
> >If it's sounds to be too good/easy - it's probably not !
> >Water is very complex, not simply H20.
> >
> >
> >In a nutshell !
> >
> >Technical Testing
> >It seems you tested it already for PH.
> >Put an air stone in the bucket for a day and test the PH again.
> >Check if the PH ends up below or above 7
> >Get a GH (General Hardness Test Kit)
> >Check for all the mineral contest.
> >For Apistos-I would not go higher then 8-9
> >Other people may think different :-)
> >Get a KH (Carbonate Hardness Test Kit )
> >This tells you the amount of Carbonates in the water,
> >in return it will be the determination factor for the PH !
> >
> >Biologically Testing
> >Why waste the life of Fish.
> >Moral and Ethics are part of our hobby as well !
> >Get some Daphnia/Water fleas,
> >put them in a bucket/glass full of your dehumidified water,
> >check on them in a couple of days.
> >If they are dead-I was right :-)
> >If not - you should be O.K. and as a bonus
> >you have a nice live food culture for your apistos going.
> >BTW, this method of water testing with daphnia
> >is widely used by municipal water treatment plants.
> >
> >Juergen
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >the dude wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > HOw would everyone suggest I test the dehumidified water? Since it has a
> >PH
> > > of about 5, it seems to me testing it on something like Cardinal or
> >Rummy
> > > nose tetras might be a cheaper alternative then apistos. HOw long do
> >they
> > > have to live for, for the water to be considered safe?
> > >
> > > Just for anyone who missed what is happening. My dehumidifier collects
> >water
> > > at a ph of 5 for some reason. The basin that it is collected in is
> >plastic.
> > > However it runs over copper coils, howver the copper coils have a silver
> > > plating or somethign on them. I want to find out if this water is safe
> >for
> > > use as softening water...
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > coby
> > >
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