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I suppose if the water you're adding in has some salt in it, you may very
well have to take that into account. Good catch, Lee. No detectable ambient level here, thank goodness, because..... The math though is throwing me, but I think you're right, take the .02 away from the after-the-change number, if you don't it wouldn't look like you took any water at all, would it? Now I'm starting to hear "Zooms" around my head. ;o) ~ jan On 2 Jun 2004 07:45:09 -0500, "Lee B." wrote: Would the water's ambient salt level make any difference? IOW, if the ambient level is .02, it would need to be subtracted from the .11, leaving .09. Therefore, 13-9 = 4/13 = ~31. A 31% water change would have been closer to what you "thought" it was, instead of 15%. Or am I full of "it" again? Math was never my forte. I don't know if it would make a difference or not. Lee "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ws.com... Glad you liked it. I do wonder how many folks this went "Zoom" over their heads or felt like, Ponds, Math, Huh? ;o) VBEG ~ jan jan, the "divided by 13" comes from your beginning figure of .13? Kewl! Lee "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ws.com... I did a water change today and thought I'd do a salt check before and after. Before the change I had a salt level of .13%, after I had .11%. Bascially doing a little more than a 15% water change out. (13 - 11 = 2, 2 divided by 13 equals .154 or 15.4%) Surprised me. Here I though I was doing between 20-25%. So for those of us who don't have perfectly straight walled, flat bottom ponds who could calculate their water change % in feet (or inches) i.e., 4 ft of pond, drain down 1' equals a 25% change out. Here is another way to use your salt test measurements. ;o) ~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?) (Do you know where your water quality is?) (Do you know where your water quality is?) |
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