Testing regime

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Just figured out what happened, of the 140 litre wc 50 litre was supposed to be nsw from lfs but it was rodi grrrrrr

 

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Mag 1155
Calcium 435

 

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Mag actually 1330 ( checked by lfs)
Kh 7.1

 

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Magnesium is hard to test for and the error range can be high between tests.
It is hard to tell when the reagents change color because it is subtle. Not only that one larger drop vs smaller can make a difference.
Luckily the acceptable range is wide for magnesium.
That said I rarely ever test for it. I wish they offered test kits with fewer tests in because mine expires way before I finish using it.
It should be tested for but once a tank is stable and dialed in not as much. Alk is the one thing that should be tested weekly or more because it can swing rapidly.

 

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Kh checked every 2-3 days
Po4 I’m trying to find out the hours per day but it’s a pain cause it exhausts and then the time is much reduced

 

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Getting a Neptune apex next week to take care of kh, calc, mag

 

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Kh 7.1
po4 0.05
5ml iodine added

 

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Kh 7.3
40ml no: added

 

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Po4 .15
No3 10
Kh 7.4

 

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Ca 435
Po4 0.1
No3 5

 

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Raising kh to 8 so I’ve a bit more of a margin for when I add the 8 acros tomorrow because I’ll need to calculate usage and I have no idea what will happen

 

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Kh 7.1
Po4 0.08
No3 8
Calcium 400
Mag 1320
Salinity 1.025.5
Temp 26.1
Ph 8.15

 

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Calcium’s dropping 3 ish ppm per day
Mag nada

 

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Kh 8.1
No3 5
Po4 0.05
Calcium 415
Mag 1170
Ph 8.3
Salinity 1.025.5
Temp 26.0
Iodine 600

 

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Po4 0.09
No3 13.2
Kh 8.9

Adjustments being made

 

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just for record keeping

Salinity 1.025.5
Ph 8.2
Temp 26
Kh 8.4
Po4 0.04
No3 5
Mag 1260
Calcium 420