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Re: More Water Chemistry Lessons
- Subject: Re: More Water Chemistry Lessons
- From: "poonsak V." <scsom1@ksc11.th.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 09:07:21 +0700
Please! not try to send me your message again.
Thank
At 10:48 17/11/97 -0600, you wrote:
>>>>>> "H" (here: Haines <haines@perth.igs.net>),
>>>>>> on Sat, 15 Nov 1997 11:35:00 -0500,
>>>>>> wrote:
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> H> Hi All. In case you haven't guessed I am not a chemist nor am
> H> I = inclined to become one so please keep it simple : ). If I
> H> add a plant = supplement with iron, manganese and other
> H> minerals does it follow that = my hardness and/or Ph will
> H> increase? Thanks.
>
>Heather,
>
>Depending on the plant supplement, your hardness and and pH may not
>move! There are two kinds of hardness: carbonate hardness (alkilinity
>is a better term) and general hardness (GH). Alkilinity is the measurement
>of carbonate ions in you water (CO3 and HCO3), which ONLY affect the
>equilibrium pH of the water. GH is the measurement of Calcium and Magnesium
>ions in the water (Ca and Mg).
>
>If your plant supplement has Ca and Mg in it, it will increase the
>general hardness. This may not be the issue, however. Some fish
>are sensitive to the total dissolved solids (TDS) in the water, which
>any plant supplement will increase. As far as I understand, most Apistos
>can get by with just a low GH and you don't have to worry too much about
>TDS except when you're breeding them.
>
>
> H> Heather
>
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> H> bgColor=3D#b8b8b8> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Hi
> H> All. In case you haven't = guessed I am=20 not a chemist
> H> nor am I inclined to become one so please keep it simple : =
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> H> ). If I add a plant supplement with iron, manganese and
> H> other = minerals=20 does it follow that my hardness and/or Ph
> H> will increase? =20 Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
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>You may want to control the MIME content of your messages, Heather.
>I get a bunch of MIME encoding from you (see above stuff) which just
>clutters your messages. You can turn off MIME encoding from an option
>in the options menu.
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>
>-Carlos
>--
>Carlos E. Munoz <cmunoz@crystal.cirrus.com>
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