You all should be proud!!

NWA-Planted · 02-01-2013, 11:53 PM

Anyone who knows me on here knows i don't test my water... Like ever... However in hopes of keeping nicer shrimp

Admit it, your proud, i have taken a large step forwards!!

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Bluek24a4 · 02-02-2013, 12:41 AM

I think everyone will applaud your TDS meter but hate your strips. Either way its a good step.

NWA-Planted · 02-02-2013, 12:59 AM

Fair enough lol.

I just don't like fiddling with vials etc

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**acitydweller** · 02-02-2013, 01:02 AM

It's all dip and play. Cant get any easier than that.... Congrqts dude

Elppan · 02-02-2013, 01:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluek24a4

I think everyone will applaud your TDS meter but hate your strips. Either way its a good step.

Hahaha, I'd say sticks are better than the LACK of testing from before.

NWA-Planted · 02-02-2013, 01:49 AM

Ok ok easy now guys

haha

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danakin · 02-02-2013, 02:56 AM

Hey now, the strips aren't all THAT bad... especially when they're all you've got.

Just remember on the KH/GH to divide by 17.86 for degrees.

HD Blazingwolf · 02-02-2013, 04:19 AM

For shrimp keep nitrates and everything else low. Thats a given
But u should be more concerned with tds, gh, kh. Those are the main factors

Oh yeah and rock on with your strips!
Though ill agree very inaccurate. Better than nothing!
If u have decently hard water, id try sulawesi shrimp. I personally think they are beautiful

NWA-Planted · 02-02-2013, 04:22 AM

Lol already keeping pfr and crs, the pfr breed like roaches, just trying to get my crystals breeding more

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shift · 02-02-2013, 04:33 AM

Nice work! mine showed up in the mail today too!

**scapegoat** · 02-02-2013, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acitydweller

It's all dip and play. Cant get any easier than that.... Congrqts dude

But it can get a lot more accurate

DogFish · 02-03-2013, 12:32 AM

Test???

auban · 02-03-2013, 01:20 AM

hmmm... the only reason i ever test my water is to be able to answer questions when people ask what my parameters are.

i DO test my water in other ways, like placing a drop of water on a slide and seeing what it leaves behind when it evaporates. i look at the crystals under a microscope. cant say how accurate that is... lol

NWA-Planted · 02-03-2013, 01:25 AM

I am only testing shrimp water.... Lol

Never had any problems in my fish tanks

And i know Frank.. Have gone to the dark side

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02-01-2013, 11:53 PM	#1
NWA-Planted Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Bentonville, AR Posts: 3,093	You all should be proud!! Anyone who knows me on here knows i don't test my water... Like ever... However in hopes of keeping nicer shrimp Admit it, your proud, i have taken a large step forwards!! Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2 __________________ Sump Pimp #8 RAOK Clubber #28

02-02-2013, 12:59 AM	#3
NWA-Planted Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Bentonville, AR Posts: 3,093	Re: You all should be proud!! Fair enough lol. I just don't like fiddling with vials etc Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2 __________________ Sump Pimp #8 RAOK Clubber #28

02-02-2013, 01:02 AM	#4
acitydweller ओं मणिपद्मे हूं (View User Tanks) PTrader: (126/100%) Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: New York, NY Posts: 6,059	It's all dip and play. Cant get any easier than that.... Congrqts dude __________________ Namaste ओं मणिपद्मे हूं My life extends far beyond the limitations of me Keeper of the LIST

02-02-2013, 01:49 AM	#6
NWA-Planted Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Bentonville, AR Posts: 3,093	Re: You all should be proud!! Ok ok easy now guys haha Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2 __________________ Sump Pimp #8 RAOK Clubber #28

02-02-2013, 02:56 AM	#7
danakin Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 504	Hey now, the strips aren't all THAT bad... especially when they're all you've got. Just remember on the KH/GH to divide by 17.86 for degrees. __________________ My 40g Breeder Stress Reliever

02-02-2013, 12:41 AM	#2
Bluek24a4 Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 733	I think everyone will applaud your TDS meter but hate your strips. Either way its a good step.

02-02-2013, 04:19 AM	#8
HD Blazingwolf Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: May 2011 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 4,751	For shrimp keep nitrates and everything else low. Thats a given But u should be more concerned with tds, gh, kh. Those are the main factors Oh yeah and rock on with your strips! Though ill agree very inaccurate. Better than nothing! If u have decently hard water, id try sulawesi shrimp. I personally think they are beautiful __________________ Sump Pimp #7 75G Rainbowfish Journal

02-02-2013, 04:22 AM	#9
NWA-Planted Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Bentonville, AR Posts: 3,093	Re: You all should be proud!! Lol already keeping pfr and crs, the pfr breed like roaches, just trying to get my crystals breeding more Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2 __________________ Sump Pimp #8 RAOK Clubber #28

02-02-2013, 04:33 AM	#10
shift Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: canada Posts: 930	Nice work! mine showed up in the mail today too! __________________ 84G - The Osaka Forest 12G Fluval Edge - Celestial pearl Danios, Boraras urophthalmoides & PFR shrimp 5.5G Fluval Chi - Pumpkin shrimplets 10G - CRS/CBS 10G - Red Rilli's 10G - Yellow shrimp

02-03-2013, 12:32 AM	#12
DogFish Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (33/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: ChicagoLand Posts: 5,202	Test??? __________________ ToxicTen/DogFish's 40/Aquaponics for Vegans

02-03-2013, 01:20 AM	#13
auban Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 424	hmmm... the only reason i ever test my water is to be able to answer questions when people ask what my parameters are. i DO test my water in other ways, like placing a drop of water on a slide and seeing what it leaves behind when it evaporates. i look at the crystals under a microscope. cant say how accurate that is... lol

02-03-2013, 01:25 AM	#14
NWA-Planted Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Bentonville, AR Posts: 3,093	Re: You all should be proud!! I am only testing shrimp water.... Lol Never had any problems in my fish tanks And i know Frank.. Have gone to the dark side Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2 __________________ Sump Pimp #8 RAOK Clubber #28

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