FOWLRS test

[Ryanrttu]

So the chemicals I need to test for w/a FOWLRS is nitrite, nitrate, salinity, PH, ammonia and what else? Is alkalinity one?

 

[Xavibear]

Phosphate, Alkalinity, Calcium.

 

[Ryanrttu]

Phosphate, Alkalinity, Calcium.

Thanks, so even without coral I need to regularly test for calcium?

 

[tallguy88]

I have been running my first FOWLR 90g tank for about 7 months now and all I test for is ph, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia and just recently phosphate due to a cyano outbrake but the phosphate test has been usless since the algae and cyano bacteria uses up all the phosphates before the test can pick them up. I just started running gfo/carbon and gave up on the phosphate test I just use glass algae as a sign of higher then normal phosphates. Don't think calcium is a major factor with fish and inverts from what I have read/experienced.

 

[undeadmoto]

about the only thing the calcium would matter in a fowlr is for coraline algae to grow

 

[Xavibear]

Coralline & some inverts use calcium.