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Posted by Rick on April 23, 2006, 4:44 pm
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> On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:08:42 GMT, "MEAlston"
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>>tsp..sorry...I use 1 tsp per 5 gallons as my salinity balance. 1 Tbs/5
>>gallons for treatment tanks.
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> FWIW - precise measurement of chemicals has been an important part of
> my life's work. The teaspoonful (5 ml) and the tablespoonful (15 mls)
> is probably the most frequent cause of errors, either written
> incorrectly or read incorrectly. Another reason we should be using the
> metric system world wide - but I would like to suggest that when
> anyone mentions one of those two measurements, please be safe and
> certain by spelling out teaspoonful or tablespoonful instead of
> relying on abbreviations. As you can see, one of them is 3 times the
> amount of the other, and a misplaced b or p can have profound effects
> on the treatment.
>
> -- Mister Gardener
Your point is well taken, as we speak I'm doing a 50% water change. I added
a new fish to one of my tanks and added some salt for stress. Well I clearly
read Tablespoon on the package, I've read it a hundred times, but for some
reason I added per gallon, not per 5g. Just not paying attention!!! Guess
you will be doing another water change after this one.
Stupid stupid stupid
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