potassium

Randy,


Can I use this liquid potassium? Thanks!

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I probably wouldn't.

What other ingredients are a little further down that second picture?

The citrate and aspartate might be beneficial in small amounts, but are present in higher concentrations than the potassium, and will boost those organics a lot if you make a substantial potassium correction.
 
Might as well use them for yourself. Do you need it or will it make you feel better and more energetic who knows. But I know the trash can won't benefit.
 
I can't say I noticed any difference. I added enough to raise my potassium by 150 and yet the expensive junk test barely changed it's reading. I'm not going to keep dumping more in when I know how much I added.
 
227 g of KCl and the test only showed a difference of 25-50. It should have been enough to raise it by about 150. Randy even verified this number too. Since I know the "tested" levels in IO I don't want to add more since it should be about 400 now.
 
I would really like to know how much SPS non-zeovit reefers note any improvement in color after raising K to NSW level?

So far it seems to me that the answer is none.
 
how hard are you reading the test? i had the same problem as i was hard on the test... now i just read it in the livingroom with the light on and i noticed my results going up.. but again its not an easy test to read....
 
I wonder if I can see TOO good and it's making me see the bar through the solution down to a level lower than I should. Should I cross my eyes a little bit? Read it with the only light being a bic lighter?
 
Yeah !!! I don't know if the test even works, I test the K-Balance straight out of the bottle, still didn't register any reading on the test.... I even tried the Concentrate bottle they now sell a few weeks ago... no luck....

DrBDC let meknow if the cross eye thing works I may try that next.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8899768#post8899768 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DrBDC
I wonder if I can see TOO good and it's making me see the bar through the solution down to a level lower than I should. Should I cross my eyes a little bit? Read it with the only light being a bic lighter?
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lol you dont have to cross your eyes but dont read the test so hard.. i asked the exact question on the zeovit forum as i was having the same problem. use the little piece of paper that has the circle cut out of it and put that between the water sample and the color chart. Start at 400 and move the piece of paper together with water sample up and down over the color chart... do this until you have a hard time seeing the color chart below... now mark your spot and get your results.
 
Updates?
Has anyone read any new articles. It's been quiet on the Zeo front. I have again begun to actively find a dosing schedule that will keep my K at or around 400.
I have let it fall off and have slowly seen my corals loose the vibrant deep blues and purples.

BTW I'm a full ZeoHead

J
 
Does anyone have any experience with this new colorimeter?

It has a Potassium test that might do the trick, albeit expensively.

James
 
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