I ordered an ICP test
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Baxterdawg1974
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Should have my results by the end of the week and can share. I also have access to some ICP testing at work, but not a full panel of elements. That sample basically confirmed my K+, Mg were similar to my Salifert kit results.
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Pife
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Nothing really. I can't remember the ones I did but send the Colorado if I remember right. I was going to be surprised if anything was off elementally because of my automatic water changes. On one of them I was purposely dosing manganese higher-than-normal and with what I thought I was dosing and where I thought I should be at it was surprising to find that I was way under my projection. I think they're great tool to use if something's amiss in tank though.
Schplitter
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I was thinking about it. Which one did you go with?
Coralvue's test from Premium Aquatics. ICP-analysis.com
$3.50 in stamps to send to their laboratory in Colorado.
Baxterdawg1974
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Hey did you get your results back?
I got mine from Triton. Seems my zinc is a bit elevated, but other metals seem inline. My K was a slightly higher than my salifert by about 30 ppm, so may need to account for that. I dont dose K anymore since i switched to Redsea pro salt.
Phos matches up with Hanna LR reading! Ca and Mg are similar to my Salifert kits. Iron is absent, but that is also similar to my Salifert, so i just keep dosing...lol.
Also confirmed my Iodine is low, which was similar to my Redsea kit.
My vandium and other trace minerals were also low, so I increased the frequency of the Red sea trace elements dosing.
Overall i am satisfied that my kits are close to the triton results.
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I got mine from Triton. Seems my zinc is a bit elevated, but other metals seem inline. My K was a slightly higher than my salifert by about 30 ppm, so may need to account for that. I dont dose K anymore since i switched to Redsea pro salt.
Phos matches up with Hanna LR reading! Ca and Mg are similar to my Salifert kits. Iron is absent, but that is also similar to my Salifert, so i just keep dosing...lol.
Also confirmed my Iodine is low, which was similar to my Redsea kit.
My vandium and other trace minerals were also low, so I increased the frequency of the Red sea trace elements dosing.
Overall i am satisfied that my kits are close to the triton results.
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