icp test

I'm in need of some advice on improving my water chemistry based on a recent ICP test. My tank is 3.5 years old and is app/ 200 gallons total volume. It's stocked with mostly soft corals & BTAs but also has a candy cane coral. For the first 2 years or so all of my corals were doing well and...

Hi, Just got the results of my ICP and my zinc levels are 13.65ug/l (says ideal is 1.96ug/l). Any ideas what could cause this? Copper is undetectable so does that mean it's less likely it's rust? I occasionally use metal tweezers but never have them in the tank for more than the time it takes to...

I did the Tropic Marin ICP Plus test with the tank and RO water. I know the iron is high because I just found a rusty bolt on my light mount, which was swapped out, so that should be taken care of now, I hope. Also, they say my nitrates are very high, but when I use the HR Hanna tester, my...

I’m definitely far from having to worry about trace elements since I do 10% water changes every week and only have a handful of frags. But out of curiosity, when or if I need to worry about them would it be sufficient to just do 20% water changes every other day for a good 2 weeks whenever...

I'll preface this by apologizing for the long post, but I'm all out of ideas and my parameters don't tell the story happening in my tank right now, so a lengthy backstory is the only info I have. ICP results are below, but basicly corals started RTN/STN slowly wasting away along with red cyano...

Hi All, First of all, sorry if this is not the correct thread to post this. Since I start on reefing, I learned that one of the best tools to achieve success in this hobby is by measuring the main elements on our tank water and what better tool for this that through ICP tests. But I noticed...

I have six ICP test kits, five are ATI and one is Triton. These retail for about $45 each. I’ll sell the entire lot of six for $200 shipped

Hello everyone, I wanted to get some opinions on my icp result that i got. The tank has been running for 6 months with maybe 2 water changes to clean the sand and algea. I've been dosing All for reef daily, but magnesium was a bit low so i'm dosing that on the side too. Sidenote: my calcium...

Is the Aqua Medic water testing company still in business? I found information on Bulk Reef Supply about them and their test is what I’m looking for but I can’t seem to find anywhere to actually purchase it from. Is this still a company? If so, does anybody have a link to where I could purchase...

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How do you all feel about ICP testing (and now other types of lab aquarium testing, like microbiome testing and tank DNA tests)? While I could see the results as interesting, I don't really see the overall benefit/value in these types of expensive mail-away tests. Ive never bothered with one, I...

Hello all, I have another thread on hear describing some issues I have been having with my coral. Specifically SPS. So last week I sent off some water samples to ICP-Analysis.com as well as ATI Labs. Last night I had my TSA Fruity Pebbles frag RTN and noticed both my Oregon Tort frags starting...

Hi there I sent a ICP test off on the 4th Jan 2021 from UK to Germany and am yet to receive my results, I'm a little concerned as I have now seen mention of a customs form that now needs to be done to send anything from the UK to Europe after Brexit, Does anyone know if this still applies to...

Hi there I sent a ICP test off on the 4th Jan 2021 from UK to Germany and am yet to receive my results, I'm a little concerned as I have now seen mention of a customs form that now needs to be done to send anything from the UK to Europe after Brexit, Does anyone know if this still applies to...

just got my test results in for the ICP. Need your help identifying what is out of whack in my tank so I can get it fixed. Looks like I should dose some trace elements? Aluminum at 41.26? dealing with STN for a while on Acro, so would be great to nail it down thanks!

Hi Everyone, just got my test results in for the ICP. Need your help identifying what is out of whack in my tank so I can get it fixed. Looks like I should dose some trace elements? Aluminum at 41.26? dealing with STN for a while on Acro, so would be great to nail it down

Took right at 2 weeks, but finally got my ATI ICP test results back and I was very surprised. Results Link First of all, I'd like to say, I really wish these values were able to be switched between the metric vs imperial system because it's hard to gauge how accurate my tests have been in...

What an ICP-OES machine CANNOT test As the company that developed the method for sea water analysis and making broadband testing available to aquarists, we at TRITON often get asked what an ICP-OES machine CAN test. These days it is getting more and more confusing with the proliferation of...

I started my tank in March of 2019. Things have been going well until recently. I've noticed some, not all, of my SPS and LPS corals' tissue start to recede. I thought this could be due to dosing vibrant so I stopped dosing it 4 weeks ago. My issues continued so I bought an ICP test to try to...