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PhoenixINX
02/11/2004, 03:08 PM
All... for you with an ESTABLISHED tank - what is your TDS reading?

aquaman67
02/11/2004, 08:34 PM
I read somewhere that salt water is like 23,000 ppm...

AcroSteve
02/11/2004, 09:00 PM
TDS is just a measurement of the purity of freshwater. TDS in saltwater is not very meaningfull. I doubt you could even get a reading.

dragon_slayer
02/11/2004, 09:14 PM
and if you did have a TDS reading no two tanks would be anywhere close to one another. the T in the TDS is total, that means it measures All disolved solids

kc

PhoenixINX
02/11/2004, 10:43 PM
Ah okay... I feel MUCH better now!

The water is reading 10 before it entered the tank, once mixed with salt it's 750ish.

Sounds good then.

dragon_slayer
02/11/2004, 11:27 PM
no, 10 is high

out of your ro unit it should be 5-6

out of your di it should be 0

your filters need changing.

kc

PhoenixINX
02/11/2004, 11:36 PM
Brand new RODI filter...

Shouldn't need changing.

Granted this is what it tested the day I turned it on.

Let me test it now that it has cranked out near 100 gallons.