AWT testing

[KAiNE]

Curious if anyone else has had their water tested at AWT. I have been seeing such a wide range in results from various test kits that i decided to see what this showed. The only thing that surprises me here is Ca and ALK. I tested them myself at the time i took the sample and got 3.1 alk and 440 ca.
Kinda like seeing my PO4 and NO3 numbers!

What do you guys think?

Ammonia (NH3-4) ........................Good ......................................... 0.001
Nitrite (NO2)................................Good ......................................... 0.019
Nitrate (NO3)...............................Good .............................................2.9
Phosphate (PO4) ..........................Good ........................................... 0.01
Silica (SiO2-3) ............................. High..............................................1.9
Potassium (K) ...............................Low............................................. 214
Calcium (Ca).................................Good............................................. 308
Boron (B) ....................................Good .............................................3.7
Molybdenum (Mo)......................... High..............................................0.2
Strontium (Sr) .............................Good .............................................9.0
Magnesium (Mg) ..........................Good .......................................... 1251
Iodine (I¯)...................................Good ........................................... 0.04
Copper (Cu++) ............................Good ........................................... 0.01
Alkalinity (meq/L)..........................Low............................................ 2.46

 

[fallinapart]

No I have not, but wondering where you find one and cost of analysis. I would be curious about my testing abilities and my equipment.

Norman

 

[ocd_mariner]

What test kit were you using for alk and ca?

 

[carman9941]

and what salt?

 

[cee]

Watch the potassium as that is quite low. You need to bring it up to about 380 or so, esp for montis.

 

[KAiNE]

Yea... working on the potassium issue. Is there a reliable test kit out?
What would you use to raise potassium? I see potassium iodide but dont really want to raise iodide levels.

As far as test kits the numbers i posted were from api but lamotte gave roughly the same number on alk the day before. The salifert kits i have are garbage, thinking about giving elos a shot.

Salt - Reef crystals but about to change since the last 6 buckets I have gotten have had issues.