| Date | Description | Total Hardness | CaCO3 | Mg | GH | KH | Fe | NO3 | K | Calibrate pH Probe? | Notes? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial | 140 | 100 | 40 | ||||||||
| 03/04/99 | Water change (50 gal std) added 2 tsp CaCO3, 1/2 tsp MgSO4, 3 Dupla tabs | 100 | 80 | 20 | 2.5 | 0.10 | Dupla products | ||||
| 03/21/99 | Water change added 2 tsp CaCO3, 1/2 tsp MgSO4, 3 tabs | 100 | 80 | 20 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 0.05 | 1 | |||
| 04/05/99 | Water change added 2 tsp CaCO3, 1/2 tsp MgSO4, 3 tabs | 100 | 80 | 20 | |||||||
| 04/20/99 | Water change added 2 tsp CaCO3, 1/2 tsp MgSO4, 1 tsp NaHCO3, 4 tabs | 100 | 80 | 20 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1 | ||||
| 05/02/99 | Water change added 3 tsp CaCO3, 2 tsp MgSO4, 4 tabs | 100 | 80 | 20 | 3.0 | 0.10 | |||||
| 05/16/99 | Water change added 2 tsp CaCO3, 1/2 tsp MgSO4, 1/2 tsp NaHCO3, 3.5 tabs | 120 | 80 | 40 | 2.5 | 1 | |||||
| 05/30/99 | Water change added 2 tsp CaCO3, 1/2 tsp MgSO4, 3.5 tabs | ||||||||||
| 06/13/99 | Water change added 3 tsp CaCO3, 2 tsp MgSO4, 3.5 tabs | 100 | 80 | 20 | 2.0 | 0.10 | 3 | ||||
| 06/27/99 | Water change added 2 tsp CaCO3, 1.5 tsp MgSO4, 3 tabs | ||||||||||
| 07/11/99 | Water change added 2 tsp CaCO3, 1/2 tsp MgSO4, 1 tsp NaHCO3, 4 tabs | 120 | 80 | 40 | 1.5 | 0.10 | 4 | Yes | added 18 rainbow fish | ||
| 07/22/99 | Added 1 tbl NaHCO3 | 2.0 | 5 | KH dropped to 1.0 | |||||||
| 07/25/99 | Water change added 3 tsp CaCO3, 1/2 tsp MgSO4, 4 tabs | 120 | 80 | 40 | 2.0 | 0.10 | 5 | Cleaned skimmers | |||
| 08/08/99 | Water change added 2 tsp CaCO3, 1/2 tsp MgSO4, 85ml TMG | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | switched to TMG | ||||||
| 08/13/99 | 6 tsp NaHCO3, 40 ml TMG | 3.0 | 3 | KH dropped to 1.0 | |||||||
| 08/18/99 | Water change added 4 tsp CaCO3, 1 tsp MgSO4, 75ml TMG | 120 | 80 | 40 | 4.0 | 3.0 | |||||
| 08/26/99 | Added 50ml TMG | ||||||||||
| 08/30/99 | Added 1.5 TBL NaHCO3, 1/2 tsp KNO3 | 2.0 | 0.20 | 7 | 3 | ||||||
| 09/05/99 | Water change added 2 tsp CaCO3, 75ml TMG | 0.20 | 8 | ||||||||
| 09/11/99 | Added 1 tsp KNO3, 1.5 tsp NaHCO3, 50ml TMG | ||||||||||
| 09/19/99 | Water change added 3 tsp CaCO3, 1/2 tsp MgSO4, 75 ml TMG | 100 | 60 | 40 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.10 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 09/31/99 | Added 1 tbl NaHCO3 | KH dropped to 1.5 | |||||||||
| 10/03/99 | Water change added 2 tsp CaCO3, 1/2 tsp MgSO4, 75 ml TMG | ||||||||||
| 10/07/99 | y, off by 0.21 at 7 | ||||||||||
| 10/19/99 | Added 50ml TMG | ||||||||||
| 10/21/99 | Water change added 2 tsp CaCO3, 1/2 tsp MgSO4, 50ml TMG | ||||||||||
| 10/27/99 | 100 | 80 | 20 | 0.20 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| 11/14/99 | Water change added 2 tsp CaCO3, 1/2 tsp MgSO4, 75ml TMG | ||||||||||
| 12/05/99 | Water change added 2 tsp CaCO3, 1/2 tsp MgSO4, 75ml TMG | ||||||||||
| 12/19/99 | Water change added 2 tsp CaCO3, 1/2 tsp MgSO4, 1/2 tsp KNO3, 75ml TMG | 100 | 80 | 20 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 0.10 | 5 | |||
| 12/28/99 | Replaced probe | ||||||||||
| 12/29/99 | y, off by 0.44 at 7 | ||||||||||
| 01/08/00 | Water change added 2 tsp CaCO3, 1/2 tsp MgSO4, 1/2 tsp KNO3, 75ml TMG | ||||||||||
| 01/21/00 | Added 2 tsp NaHCO3 |