May 21, 2001
KI NITRIFIER-TX
TESTING
PROTOCOL:
500 gallon Hospital Tank (new water that was de-clorinated)
35 gallon upflow bio-filter with
Japanese Filter Mat
6 airstones running
( two of them in bio-filter )
Water temp @ 69 DF Test Equipment
= LaMotte Colorimeter &
Reagents
May 18th ( Friday )
2:30pm
-- Added Ammoniaum
Cloride
Added Sodium Nitrite
4:30pm
-- tested
water with LaMotte
Colorimeter using
the La Motte Ammonia - High reagents
Reading
prior to adding Ki Nitrifier-TX --
2.96 ppm NH3-N
Tested for Nitrite with Colorimeter = Over Range
4:35pm Added 1 oz. of KI Nitrifier-TX
9:00pm Added one handful of CalCoForce
May 19th ( Saturday )
9:15am Retested for Ammonia - Result = 2.89 ppm NH3-N
Took T.A. reading using test strips = 150
6:10pm Retested
for Ammonia - Result = 2.56 ppm NH3-N
May 20th ( Sunday )
9:00am Retested
for Ammonia - Result = 2.34 ppm NH3-N
Added 1oz. od KI Nitrifier-TX
6:00pm Retested
for Ammonia - Result = 2.27 ppm NH3-N
Total reduction in 48 hours = 0.69 ppm
May 21st (Monday)
7:45am Retested
for Ammonia - Result = 2.00 ppm NH3-N
May 22nd (Tuesday)
8:00am Retested
for Ammonia - Results = 1.83
ppm NH3-N
May 23rd (Wednesday)
7:45am Retested
for Ammonia - Results = 1.38
ppm NH3-N
Added 1oz. of KI Nitrifier-TX
May 24th (Thursday)
8:00am Retested
for Ammonia - Results = 0.56 ppm
NH3-N
May 25th (Friday)
7:45am Retested
for Ammonia - Results = 0.09 ppm NH3-N
