I have just got one of the new Hanna handy Checkers. i got the Nitrite one to give it a try. here is my review. okay, 1st test with the HANNA NITRITE CHECKER - Hi764 says my pond water has 126PPB of Nitrite , i take that to be 0.126mg/L i expected to see something like 0.07 - 0.10 going off what the...
* .. after re-jigging my air pumps yersterday I was giving the Ultrasive2 a bit of a clean. I always have to clean out the inlet chamber with a brush as the 'mulm' collects on the vertical walls and the slopey bit leading up to the wier. I use a filter brush on the end of a stick, its like a 'bog-br...
hmmm ... i read the articles Gazza they , and others, were the ones i was referring to in my post. i think the 'urge' to use salt comes from the very first pond i had, it was already in my garden when i bought the house but was woefully underfiltered , so off i went to the koi place and bought a mul...
given the results of this fascinating study, should this alter our opinion on the use of salt in our main ponds, say , an 'isotonic' level of 0.3%-0.6% to aid osmosis. I have read & re-read various articles that argue for & against the inclusion of salt in koi ponds. the main argumant agains...
Duncan your explanation of how the cartridge is actually constructed is something i have never seen or heard of before and i expect i am not alone in that. I HAVE seen a cartridge set up but i had assumed the pieces of matting in between the sheets were like battons just keeping the sheets apart, no...
i have a BioMax25 after an Ultrasieve 2 on my skimmer line. really happy with it & intend , when my budget allows , to be upgrading the 25 to a 50. (this is also on 5000g. alongside a nexus 200).
I agree with Lee. great experiment , sorry 'research' . As i use the stuff myself it would greatly benefit me to know exactly how it really does/does not work .
keep it up Dunc. great stuff.