Re: Second Cacautoides Free Swimming!!

[IDMiamiBob <IDMiamiBob@aol.com>]

Vicky writes:

<< I have a hardness test unit, with the 3 bottles of chemicals, and the   
> solution turns blue at 70 PPM. Then you gotta multiply that value by some   
> other number to get the DGH. It worked out to about 40.2 out of the tap. >>
>>

The formula is to DIVIDE by 17.4.  70/17.4 =4.02.  Somewhere you are getting a
decimal point off by one place.  DH of 4.0 is about right straight out of the
tap for a number of Apistos and West Africans.  Others will need it somewhat
softer.

Bob Dixon