Green Fuzz Algae

i made the chart according to information i found that tom barr had posted (.48 tsp adds a kh of 5 to 5 gallons of water).
it's 3 pints and 1/4 cup... about (a hair under 1/4 cup)
did you test your smidgen spoon to make sure it's definitely 1/32 tsp? smidgen is a very loose term susceptible to interpretation.

for best accuracy test it against the highest known value you can. for example: how many level smidgens it takes to fill up a 1tsp spoon will give you your denominator in this equation 1/??tsp. for a 1/2tsp you'd take however many scoops it takes and double it to get your denominator. equation looks like this... 1/(xx*2) where xx = how many scoops it takes to make a level 1/2tsp.

in short... if your smidgen takes 31 level scoops to fill up a tsp to level your measurements are probably a little off. if it takes 13 to fill up a 1/2tsp it's actually 1/26tsp 7 to fill a 1/4tsp would be 1/28tsp, etc., etc.. this will affect your ph and therefore what ppm of co2 your drop checker turns green at.
 
Yes, I see your point. Rather than trying to put 32 level smidgens into one tsp, I will get a few gallons of distilled water and use one of the larger recipes. Another question: if I crank up the co2 to a level just shy of what my fish can tolerate, is there still a chance that it may be too high? Thanks for the help.
 
instead of needing 6 gallons of water refer back to post #7... you can still do it with 1 gallon.

2 cups of water is 16oz.
2 X 16 = 32

so by putting 1/2tsp into 2 cups of water you're essentially making each oz of water 1/32tsp b/s.

since we know that 1/32tsp makes just under 3pints and 2oz we can use that.

we'll take 3 pints and one oz of pure water and add our oz of mixed water that already has our 1/32tsp baking soda. that gives us our totals perfectly... 3 pints and 2 oz as well as 1/32tsp.
 
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