Hello,
I'm Patrick From France. You are probably aware that French aquarists are using KH instead of meq/l for the measure of carbonate alcalinity. I understood that you, in the US, are actually using meq/l and also that there is an equivalence from one unit to the other one. Since this meq/l unit can be used for measuring either the "total" alcalinity or the "carbonate" alcalinity, I'm a little bit confused.
So my questions are:
when you are speaking about alcalinity which alcalinity are you speaking about ? (even if for me, the total alcalinity is more relevant than the other one)
And, if you are dealing with total alcalinity, is the equivalence I was speaking about (1meq/l * 2.8= 1KH) the right correspondence ? (corollary: what are the figures you are using supposed to stand for, total or carbonate alcalinity?)
Thanks
I'm Patrick From France. You are probably aware that French aquarists are using KH instead of meq/l for the measure of carbonate alcalinity. I understood that you, in the US, are actually using meq/l and also that there is an equivalence from one unit to the other one. Since this meq/l unit can be used for measuring either the "total" alcalinity or the "carbonate" alcalinity, I'm a little bit confused.
So my questions are:
when you are speaking about alcalinity which alcalinity are you speaking about ? (even if for me, the total alcalinity is more relevant than the other one)
And, if you are dealing with total alcalinity, is the equivalence I was speaking about (1meq/l * 2.8= 1KH) the right correspondence ? (corollary: what are the figures you are using supposed to stand for, total or carbonate alcalinity?)
Thanks
