Bleach instead of Chlorine tab for daily/weekly maintenance

[gagan]

So just did my first testing with the K2006.
For CYA i got around 50 (Maybe a little lower).
TA was 50 as per previous testing.
I got FC of 1.2
CC - I could not test. After adding R-0003 the water did not turn pink (or barely maybe?). So does that mean no CC?

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

[CarlD]

Yeah, if the water doesn't turn pink when you add the R-0003, your CC is 0.

But save your reagents and don't test at 25ml, test at 10ml. Each drop is .5 and that's accurate enough.

[gagan]

Thanks for the tip. Any reason for cc 0?

[Watermom]

That is what you want the CC to be! O is perfect!

[gagan]

Are there any instructions on how to test with 10ml.

I am assuming:
10 ml of water
1 dipper DPD powder (correct???)
R 871 - drop wise - # of drops x 0.5 = FC
R 003 - Still 5 drops (???)
R 871 - drop wise - # of drops x 0.5 = CC

Is that correct?

Yeah, if the water doesn't turn pink when you add the R-0003, your CC is 0.

But save your reagents and don't test at 25ml, test at 10ml. Each drop is .5 and that's accurate enough.

[Watermom]

Yep. You got it!