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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    Maybe that's how they get the dolphins to perform at sea world Fred
    Haha brill

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    Quote Originally Posted by freddyboy View Post
    Yesyerday they was great. No flashing.
    This morning seen my chag.
    And doitsu chag jumping out the water.
    So don t know what to make of that.
    Do some water parameter tests and see whats going on.
    Maybe its the fluke m. Working on them.

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    Maybe it is just working and the flukes are being killed off, irritating the koi,give it time Fred.
    I had that last weekend,koi jumping so thought critters,scrapes four and only found 2 tric,checked water,which I should have done first,zero kh,fixed that with bicarb and then found chlorine in water,in went s/t and been fine since.
    Think i have been slacking in my pond maintenance Fred.
    John

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    Quote Originally Posted by john1 View Post
    Maybe it is just working and the flukes are being killed off, irritating the koi,give it time Fred.
    I had that last weekend,koi jumping so thought critters,scrapes four and only found 2 tric,checked water,which I should have done first,zero kh,fixed that with bicarb and then found chlorine in water,in went s/t and been fine since.
    Think i have been slacking in my pond maintenance Fred.
    To be fair mate. You have been kind of busy mate. So it is allowed now and again. Especially when the benefits are for the fish themselfs.

    Just done all my water tests. Pond and qt grow on. All is fine. This CT and fluke m. Does not knock the filters. So it says on the packet.
    They have stopped flashing now.
    So like you say. Maybe its because of zapping the critters.
    Plus i put a bit more in the pond then i should of.
    The kusuri fluke m you get 2x satchets.
    1 satchet treats 5,500 gallons. My pond is 5000 gallons. So i started to weight it out on the scales. Then thought f___ this. The full satchets going in. Haha. Everythings good though. The fish are looking great.
    Plus i think my drum is slowly diluting it down lol.

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    that's what I use https://www.h2oaquatics.co.uk/test-k...meter-seawater

    as for Sea Hell if only it was that benign a methodology
    the slow pond build thread

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    Quote Originally Posted by john1 View Post
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-M...53.m1438.l2649

    Thanks Simon,do you think this would be any good?
    Yes that's the same type.
    Has to be better than a TDS meter.

    How accurate are are they for £20, £40 ???
    If I was doing a dip bath I would still measure the quantities, aswell for salting the pond calculate the amounts.
    I got the pen to be able to monitor the decrease as the water got changed and the salt diluted out, it works for me.

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    That's what I wanted one for,to measure the decrease of salt in a q/t till it has near enough gone.
    Do you think that last one would be ok for that Simon?
    John

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    Quote Originally Posted by john1 View Post
    Maybe it is just working and the flukes are being killed off, irritating the koi,give it time Fred.
    I had that last weekend,koi jumping so thought critters,scrapes four and only found 2 tric,checked water,which I should have done first,zero kh,fixed that with bicarb and then found chlorine in water,in went s/t and been fine since.
    Think i have been slacking in my pond maintenance Fred.
    Maybe he needs to get some hoops hang them over his pond, set up a video and see if he can get them to jump through them. Once they get used to it then douse the rings in petrol, set them on fire and get them to jump through the hoops again lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by john1 View Post
    That's what I wanted one for,to measure the decrease of salt in a q/t till it has near enough gone.
    Do you think that last one would be ok for that Simon?
    Should be ok. As a guide.
    Out of interest I tested my tap water it was showing as about 0.01% either there are salts in the tap water or there's a level of inaccuracy or reading other things as salt??
    I will see what reading I get on 0ppm pure water when I get round to it.
    Last edited by Simon Fish; 19-05-2019 at 09:13 PM. Reason: Decimal point in wrong place

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    The TDS meter will only tell you that you have dissolved solids in the water or basically the concentration of dissolved solid particles in the water, tap water will have these in abundance, only RO DI water will be zero or as close to it as possible

    For salinity you are best off with a refractometer we use the D&D one, they are very good, I wouldn't go for digital if it was me, all the people I know with marine tanks use them
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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon Fish View Post
    Should be ok. As a guide.
    Out of interest I tested my tap water it was showing as about 0.1% either there are salts in the tap water or there's a level of inaccuracy or reading other things as salt??
    I will see what reading I get on 0ppm pure water when I get round to it.
    Got round to testing the salinity pen in pure water today
    (0ppm, deionised) reading was 0.00 so happy with the pen it gives an instant guide that's reasonably accurate.

    Noticed the mistake on the previous post, decimal point in the wrong place. Should be 0.01% that's the downside of reading in ppt you forget to move the point!
    Last edited by Simon Fish; 19-05-2019 at 09:12 PM.

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