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Pool, Spa and Hot Tub Maintenance: Tips for Easy Water Testing

How to test pool water: until a few years ago water testing was done exclusively with liquid chemicals or tablets dissolved in water (reagents). These tests are accurate and for those people familiar with the methods it is a good...

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Basic Freshwater Aquarium Setup Tips

If you've decided to set up a freshwater aquarium, you want to consider some of the basic tips I'm about to outline below. First, you'll need to understand that with freshwater aquariums you can create a...

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Clear tests for, from left to right: ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and on the far right is a pH of around 7.683

Testing Fish Tank Water For Ammonia, Nitrites and Nitrates

Clear tests for, from left to right: ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and on the far right is a pH of around 7.6 Testing fish tank or aquarium water for ammonia, nitrites and nitrates is one of the most important...

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How Often You Should Test Your Well Water

How often should you test your well water? Many experts suggest once a year. You should test your well water even more often if you suspect contamination. While working as a water well repairman I came...

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Only Goldfish- The Conclusion of Fish Serial Killer (Part 4)

So far, Dear Reader, we have killed 9 fish- will any survive? Will the quest for a living tank be fulfilled? Maybe....Read on and find out! If you missed it: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 This time...

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Numbers Say I am a Diabetic!

Diabetes. Are you a diabetic? I am. I had warnings. One sister died in a diabetic coma, another sister has it, so does a brother. So here I am, living with, and fighting with, diabetes. The love of...

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This is what a Total Coliform Present - E. coli Absent sample looks like using Defined Substrate Technology.71

How to take a Drinking Water Sample

Here's a bit of information that can be real helpful if you're in an apartment or if you're a homeowner and you want to take a water sample and have it analyzed. Sometimes folks don't read instructions that...

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Hard Water Hardness: How to Know Hardness of Hard Water

Hard Water Hardness: How to Test and Know Hardness of Hard Water

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Pool, Spa and Hot Tub Maintenance: Understanding Chemicals and Water Quality

Keeping water in a swimming pool or spa healthy and balanced is a question of understanding what is in the water, how the various chemicals can be measured and what needs to be added to get things to the right...

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Hot Tub Filters: An Informative Guide To Filter Maintenance and Replacement

Hot tub filters are key components of any hot tub installation. During its lifespan it filters enormous amounts of water from dead skin, grease, dirt, debris, leaves, etc. To guarantee perfect functioning of...

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