Topic: Rainwater — Seriously Fish

Rainwater

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April 7, 2008 at 7:29 am #304856

Matt
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Yeah that ammonia reading is weird, and the pH is higher than expected. Is the test kit a new one Richard?

April 7, 2008 at 10:32 am #304862

keith565
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just taken a reading from water collected yesterday
ammonia 0
nitrate 0
nitrite 0
pH 5.5

April 7, 2008 at 6:29 pm #304873

Richard
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Right, think I may have this sorted….. I am using an API test kit, instead of adding from bottles 1&2 before shaking, I was giving it a good shake between 1 & 2, just done another test, readings are

Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10
Ammonia 0
pH 6.8

Think i will err on the side of caution & do another check before I add any to the tank.

April 8, 2008 at 7:09 am #304883

keith565
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hmm, ph still seems high for rain water. is there anything that might be pushing it up. perhaps get a test from a shop to confirm your results. i do this now and again as test kits can go ‘off’.
but still a good usable water, and with no buffer it will drop even further as it ages.
i did all my water changes with rain water yesterday.

April 8, 2008 at 12:18 pm #304891

Matt
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Is the water running off something perhaps?

April 8, 2008 at 7:04 pm #304894

Richard
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Been wondering about this high pH all day, then it came to me……… when I first installed the new water butt, it was blowing a gale, did’nt want the empty butt rolling aroud the garden, so I decided to weigh it down with something, guess what i used, Yep, water from the outside tap, & I’m almost positive I did not empty it out, DOH!!!!, that might explain a lot.

April 8, 2008 at 7:30 pm #304895

dunc
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April 9, 2008 at 6:26 am #304896

Richard
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QUOTE(dunc @ Apr 8 2008, 08:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

April 9, 2008 at 7:29 am #304897

Matt
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You didn’t buy a new test kit did you?
April 9, 2008 at 8:17 am #304898

keith565
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QUOTE(Richard @ Apr 8 2008, 07:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Been wondering about this high pH all day, then it came to me……… when I first installed the new water butt, it was blowing a gale, did’nt want the empty butt rolling aroud the garden, so I decided to weigh it down with something, guess what i used, Yep, water from the outside tap, & I’m almost positive I did not empty it out, DOH!!!!, that might explain a lot.

lol, that may well account for the higher ph,lol.

April 9, 2008 at 8:10 pm #304912

Richard
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QUOTE(Matt @ Apr 9 2008, 08:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You didn’t buy a new test kit did you?
April 9, 2008 at 10:54 pm #304917

dunc
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April 9, 2008 at 11:15 pm #304918

Matt
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QUOTE(Richard @ Apr 9 2008, 08:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thankfully Not, but if you know anywhere that sell new braincells, I would be very interested…..
April 10, 2008 at 6:16 am #304919

Richard
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QUOTE(Matt @ Apr 9 2008, 11:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

If you can find that place please forward the address to me mate…..
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