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Old 16-01-2012, 10:49 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I have been using RO for not to long now about 4 or 5 weeks and seen how it's the way to go for me. I had a PH of 8.5 and is now 7.3 and the Kh is now 35.8 from 125.3 and the TDS is down to 120 from 285 and this can only be good for the koi if I can keep this stable the only thing is it takes some getting the hang of. As it's new to me I am in and out of the garage every hour until I can feel ok with the water mix but i think I getting there with the help of some good friends on here.

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See we said it was easy mate and once you've settled down it will get even easier
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See we said it was easy mate and once you've settled down it will get even easier
At the moment just waiting for something to happen
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Hiya Shevy

What's for sure is that you have gone into this at the deep end; the more water in the system the easier it is to keep things stable.

Think it will take some time to get a feel of how things interract in your system so just go gently would be my tip for the day.

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What's for sure is that you have gone into this at the deep end; the more water in the system the easier it is to keep things stable.

Think it will take some time to get a feel of how things interract in your system so just go gently would be my tip for the day.

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It's been good today PH 7.3 TDS 120 kh 35.8 but Gh Still 125.3 RO to tank is 358 in and 13 out still not single figures
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Cleaned out the tank on wednesday and the readings were looking good just starting to add a touch more to the mix

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