ARI - ICP test back would you individually dial in or would you just increase Tropic Marin A & K ?

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ATI - ICP test back . Would you individually dial in all major & Minor or would you just increase Tropic Marin A, and only target Dose the Manganese that's low in the Tropic Marin K ?

In TM - A - Bromine and Lithium are high - so increasing these two will elevate even higher
In TM - K - Manganese is low, and Stronium is high ( Small amount, so no worry here for sure )

Here are the elements that are in TM - A

Bromine89.35 mg/l61.14 mg/l+28.21 mg/l
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Fluorine0.45 mg/l1.19 mg/l-0.74 mg/l
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Iodine21.54 µg/l59.31 µg/l-37.77 µg/l
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Lithium355.1 µg/l155.1 µg/l+200.0 µg/l
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Molybdenum4.94 µg/l10.95 µg/l-6.01 µg/l
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Seleniumu.0.46 µg/l-0.46 µg/l
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Vanadiumu.1.37 µg/l-1.37 µg/l
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Here are the elements that are in TM - K

Barium24.54 µg/l9.12 µg/l+15.41 µg/l
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Boron4.94 mg/l4.01 mg/l+0.93 mg/l
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Chromeu.0.46 µg/l-0.46 µg/l
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Ironu.0.46 µg/l-0.46 µg/l
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Cobaltu.0.09 µg/l-0.09 µg/l
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Copperu.0.46 µg/l-0.46 µg/l
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Manganeseu.0.91 µg/l-0.91 µg/l
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Nickelu.0.46 µg/l-0.46 µg/l
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Strontium9.63 mg/l7.30 mg/l+2.33 mg/l
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Zinc1.10 µg/l1.82 µg/l-0.73 µg/l
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Based on your posting of the ingredients - and if you believe the results - I would use the prepared solution at a somewhat higher rate. You could also change some water.
 
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Based on your posting of the ingredients - and if you believe the results - I would use the prepared solution at a somewhat higher rate. You could also change some water.
On Trace A only I would assume you mean.
I do daily water changes of 7 gallons per day, 6 days a week on 850 gallons.
Yes I use instant Ocean only.....
 

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On Trace A only I would assume you mean.
I do daily water changes of 7 gallons per day, 6 days a week on 850 gallons.
Yes I use instant Ocean only.....
I was just making a general comment - I would not buy individual chemicals to adjust - I would add whatever bottled product you have that meets those parameters (I thought that was the question)
 
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Since the K elements are pretty close to test benchmark, but Trace A is low, would you just up the dose of the A ?
Thanks @Randy Holmes-Farley, I really appreciate your input on this.

The actual result looks undetected and lower than the benchmark for most K elements, doesn’t it? Id ignore the little arrows and look at actual numbers.

Use both, unless I misunderstood the table columns.
 
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The actual result looks undetected and lower than the benchmark for most K elements, doesn’t it? Id ignore the little arrows and look at actual numbers.

Use both, unless I misunderstood the table columns.
No you are correct @Randy Holmes-Farley , I was just worried the ones in K that are higher, would elevate too high.
I will take your advise and just up the dose of both A & K per Tropic Marin's increasing instructions.

Thanks Randy
 

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