Regular Member daryl Posted October 19, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted October 19, 2005 Aquarium Pharm. Salt Level test - the drop kit. You put 4 drops of number one in the tube and drop the other until it turns purple. The number of drops tells you the percentage of salt...... I have lost that stupid chart that comes with it. You have to e-mail the company and wait for them to send you the instructions back - they do not just have them posted. And it has been 1 whole day now. :angry: I want to take my tank to .3%. It should be at .2% now. I like to check just before I take it up all the way incase of any mistakes or whatever. Mine took 17 drops to turn purple. Anyone have that test? What is 17 drops? .2% or what???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Graham Posted October 19, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted October 19, 2005 Gee, I did not know that there was a salt drop test - I have been scrounging my pennies to get a salinity meter! I am sorry I am no help to you here on the chart but... is there some reason you need to get to 0.3% right away? Maybe you can hold it at steady 0.2% until the chart arrives -hopefully in the next 24h. All I can think of is if you used your calculations correctly top get to 0.1% and then 0.2% - and they checked out against the meter - then maybe you can trust your method to get to 0.3% *goes to look for color chart* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member daryl Posted October 19, 2005 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 19, 2005 I run it at .1%. I am pretty solid on the fact that that is where it was. I then added 4T to the 20 gallons for a .2%. I am pretty solid on that, also. But I always like to check my calculations for I have not measured the .1% for a couple of months.....I am running on goesinto/comesouta type of calculations..... I should need 4 more T for .3% unless it was not truly at .1% to begin with.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Graham Posted October 19, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted October 19, 2005 Aha, then I see the concern... the closest I could get was this picture: (scroll down to Pond Master Liquid Test Kit - the picture of the charts- the one on top seems to be salt... sorry, pretty poor)! http://www.webbsonline.com/catalog/testkits/ Only open form 8-5 EST M-F - now it is 5:30! (Yeah, like they will call back)! A/P Product/Technical Support: (800) 847-0659 Hopefully, someone will come along who HAS the chart! Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member daryl Posted October 20, 2005 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 20, 2005 Anyone have this test kit??????????????? I am extremely disappointed in Aquarium Pharm. Not only do they not post directions on a web site somewhere (almost everyone else does from cameras to microscopes to cars!), but they do not even answer their tech questions e-mail. The phone lines were not open during the given hours either! <_< I am soooooooo careless to have lost that. I do not know how I did it. It is always placed in the plastic pocket in the fish diary.....all the others are there, but not that one! Maybe I will have to go to the store and buy a new kit just for the directions. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member pandaeyes Posted October 20, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted October 20, 2005 Maybe you could fill a bucket or something with water and make it 0.2% salt concentration then test it? Then at least you?ll know if its 0.2% or not- although the flaw in the plan is that you won?t know exactly what concentration your tank is! Unless you make your own chart by testing the water at 0.1% then 0.2% etc?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member daryl Posted October 20, 2005 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 20, 2005 Yup - That is what I have done this morning....... The tank was at .2% and is now at .3% where I want it to be...... I like my chart better - I colored it all pretty and made it for goldfish sized tanks instead of ponds - so I do not have to do any calcualtions..... You are SOOOOO SMART!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Fire_Wolf Posted October 20, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted October 20, 2005 Hi Daryl, Two drops at a time until it turns purple! I use mine so much I can tell you without looking...... Thats bad you know! I have tetra test kits & AP and I can recite them all from memory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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