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my system's water stats as of today.
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Author:  Valduare [ Sep 29th, '07, 06:53 ]
Post subject:  my system's water stats as of today.
ammonia .25
nitrate 20
nitrite .50
hardness 75
alkalinity 300
ph 8.4
Author:  Valduare [ Sep 29th, '07, 07:12 ]
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i have 1 cucumber seedling
3 romain lettuce seedlings
and a 1 ft tall rasberry plant i transplanted into the system so far

i want to find some containers to use as free growbeds so i can build the system a bit bigger then a gutter. i also have a total of 9 goldfish as of today.
Author:  Valduare [ Sep 30th, '07, 06:39 ]
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have any of you guys cut down the sides of a rubbermaid tote to use as a gb?
Author:  Dave Donley [ Sep 30th, '07, 08:29 ]
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Hi V, No, but that should work in a pinch. You will want to shore up the sides with a truss of kind (like with 2x4s) because they will bow out a lot.
Author:  Valduare [ Sep 30th, '07, 23:10 ]
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what are the water stats of some of you guys with established systems for me to compare?
Author:  steve [ Oct 1st, '07, 01:06 ]
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NH3 = 0.0
NO2 = 0.0
NO3 = 20.0
PH = 7.4
Author:  Valduare [ Oct 1st, '07, 02:37 ]
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my alkalinity is 300 is that bad or good or what? i havnt heard anyone talk about it on the forums yet.
Author:  Xzorby [ Oct 1st, '07, 02:55 ]
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That's quite high. High alkalinity combined with high pH is bad for plants, and can also be bad for fish.
Author:  Valduare [ Oct 1st, '07, 04:22 ]
Post subject:  Re: my system's water stats as of today.
how can i lower it
Author:  steve [ Oct 1st, '07, 10:04 ]
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tested mine ages ago, from memory it was in the 200 to 250 range............high, but every things working
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