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    Salt meter

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Salt-Mete...53.m1438.l2649

    Anyone bought one of these,if so any good as not a bad price.


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    Because it's an American site John you have to pay almost as much for P&P than you do the tester OK both together it's still a reasonable price but was just thinking if you need to return it and all that? Is there nothing similar on a UK site?

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    Hi John,

    I use one of these for my marine setup.
    I cant see why it wouldn't work for the pond.
    Salt Tester


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    Quote Originally Posted by Frimley Koi keeper View Post
    Because it's an American site John you have to pay almost as much for P&P than you do the tester OK both together it's still a reasonable price but was just thinking if you need to return it and all that? Is there nothing similar on a UK site?
    Yes it comes to about £26 and one here is £70-£80 not overly expensive.
    John

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    [QUOTE=Scorchio;292412]Hi John,

    I use one of these for my marine setup.
    I cant see why it wouldn't work for the pond.
    Salt Tester

    Looked at them but wasnt too sure if they were any good.
    John

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    Quote Originally Posted by john1 View Post
    Yes it comes to about £26 and one here is £70-£80 not overly expensive.
    Just thought I'd check as there was mention of you having a few cans earlier John lol

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    Ha ha,walked past the fridge loads and was good.
    Finished plumbing in all the q/t drains just need to fix the shower in.

    Going back to the salt meter,do you think I would have to pay import duties?
    John

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    I am probably wrong but.
    If it says TDS meter then that's what it is, you can get one for £4. They sell them as being for salt testing.
    salt will register as a dissolved solid, but the pond already has a tds reading without any salt. Tap water has a TDS reading.
    The only way I see a TDS meter working is as a one off, reading before then after adding salt to calculate the difference. Then useless after that.
    If I have this misunderstood I would be interested to know how a TDS meter could work for salinity??

    I have this
    https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F183438973854

    It's in ppt so you have to remember to move the decimal point to turn that into a percentage.

    It gives an instant reading of salt in parts per thousand and a temp check into the bargain.
    There are similar ones for £20-30. On fleabay

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    Thanks for your reply Simon so yours works well?
    John

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    Quote Originally Posted by john1 View Post
    Ha ha,walked past the fridge loads and was good.
    At what John? Opening the fridge and grabbing a can with breaking your stride? LOL

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    No, as in behaving myself.
    John

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    Quote Originally Posted by john1 View Post
    No, as in behaving myself.
    LOL that's unlike you John

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    Made up for if since.
    John

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    Well it is Friday night John LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by john1 View Post
    Thanks for your reply Simon so yours works well?
    Yes, instant reading, when its turned on goes through a few parameters of something then ready to go in around 5 seconds.
    Because the pond was new put salt in the start of winter. Started with reduced water at 0.6% for a week or so,
    then topped up water so salt then at 0.3%
    Currently on 0.049%
    Because it reads in ppt that is expressed as 0.49ppt, so you just need to remember that and move the decimal point.

    So if you were doing a quick dip bath at say 2% salt that would read at 20ppt

    A TDS would register the salt but also all the other trace elements in the water, so how would it distinguish what was salt??

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    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-M...53.m1438.l2649

    Thanks Simon,do you think this would be any good?
    John

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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?
    Morning john. I had one of them tds meters. There crap mate. Had to keep recalabrating. Never knew if it was a true reading. So i have never used it since.

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    Morning Fred,thought they may be but the one in America sounds ok.

    Hows the M doing in the pond?
    John

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    Quote Originally Posted by john1 View Post
    Morning Fred,thought they may be but the one in America sounds ok.

    Hows the M doing in the pond?
    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.

    Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk

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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.

    Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk
    Maybe that's how they get the dolphins to perform at sea world Fred

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