Hi All,
I already had a KH/Alk kits but recently added a Calcium kit.
Following @strange-steve excellent guide, I tested both my water from the garden tap and our water softener.
Using the KH/Alk kit only ( as originally it was all I had) I had decided that the water from the softener was the best starting point as it outputted CaCo3 of a lower value, therefore required less CRS saving me money.
The Blue tab is the water from the outside tap.
The pink tab is the water from the water softener.
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The surprise that adding the Ca mg/l test gave me was the softener puts out >500ppm of Ca mg/L into the water.
Clear it uses sodium to replace other element, but I'm still shocked that the water softener puts out the much Ca mg/L.
I'm currently testing again :O
I already had a KH/Alk kits but recently added a Calcium kit.
Following @strange-steve excellent guide, I tested both my water from the garden tap and our water softener.
Using the KH/Alk kit only ( as originally it was all I had) I had decided that the water from the softener was the best starting point as it outputted CaCo3 of a lower value, therefore required less CRS saving me money.
The Blue tab is the water from the outside tap.
The pink tab is the water from the water softener.
, The surprise that adding the Ca mg/l test gave me was the softener puts out >500ppm of Ca mg/L into the water.
Clear it uses sodium to replace other element, but I'm still shocked that the water softener puts out the much Ca mg/L.
I'm currently testing again :O
