jhill9
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I am looking for a place to send some water every month or quarter to have them run all the tests on water quality. Anyone know of a place that I can use?
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Diesel
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What's the Triton Professional Water Analysis and how does it work?
I have a 6 test package and test every other month, in that case I can see things missing that your every week testing won't.
Besides Triton I test everyday on ALK, AlK is the most important factor when it comes to stony corals.
All major coral vedors do test daily on ALK and also in homes High end SPS growers.
And as you know but you might have missed my hiccup I did loaded my tank again with 20K of stony corals and testing is a must.
Although my ALK is at 7.8 everyday 24/7 I do still test.
Weekly I test Po4, CAL, K and Mag.
Good luck.
What's the Triton Professional Water Analysis and how does it work?
I have a 6 test package and test every other month, in that case I can see things missing that your every week testing won't.
Besides Triton I test everyday on ALK, AlK is the most important factor when it comes to stony corals.
All major coral vedors do test daily on ALK and also in homes High end SPS growers.
And as you know but you might have missed my hiccup I did loaded my tank again with 20K of stony corals and testing is a must.
Although my ALK is at 7.8 everyday 24/7 I do still test.
Weekly I test Po4, CAL, K and Mag.
Good luck.
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msderganc
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Triton is by far your best option, but not the cheapest. The US water testers are hit or miss, and use titrations similar to home test kits. Triton uses ICP which is much more accurate.
I second Diesel's note on alkalinity. I measure daily, and I've actually noticed that since I was dosing at night, my alkalinity was shifting significantly during the day (.5-.8 dkH). I've since moved to dosing 24 hours, and my corals are a lot happier. The most my alkalinity varies is .2 dkH from day to day.
I second Diesel's note on alkalinity. I measure daily, and I've actually noticed that since I was dosing at night, my alkalinity was shifting significantly during the day (.5-.8 dkH). I've since moved to dosing 24 hours, and my corals are a lot happier. The most my alkalinity varies is .2 dkH from day to day.
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