Can Reef Fusion 2 cause elevated aquarium potassium?

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

My Acro's are not looking good and fear another crash in my future. ICP came back with very high potassium. I use Reef Fusion 1 and 2. Looks like I will be making a switch.

I think the Reef Fusion is an unlikely source.

which icp company? Some seem prone to error.

is this your first icp?

 

[DeputyDog95]

My Acro's are not looking good and fear another crash in my future. ICP came back with very high potassium. I use Reef Fusion 1 and 2. Looks like I will be making a switch.

How high was it?

 

[JCOLE]

I think the Reef Fusion is an unlikely source.

which icp company? Some seem prone to error.

is this your first icp?

No, this isn't my first ICP test. I usually get one every quarter or atleast 2-3x a year. I use ATI for my ICP testing. I sent in a sample when I started to see issues with my Acro's. See below pictures for ICP results.

I use Reef Crystals and dose kalkwasser and Reef Fusion 1&2. I do not dose trace elements, etc and don't see any other sources for the high potassium levels.

 

[Brassmonkey]

Wow just reading these posts and had to think about what they did with reef tanks in the past to keep everything alive...... maybe stop chasing numbers?? Or didn't have the ability to do it and it worked out. Often.
I haven't tested my tank in months and it's doing so much better than when I was chasing numbers every few days and going crazy when something was a little off. Now I just do water changes every two weeks and normal cleaning of filters and what not and everything is is doing better than ever.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Wow just reading these posts and had to think about what they did with reef tanks in the past to keep everything alive...... maybe stop chasing numbers?? Or didn't have the ability to do it and it worked out. Often.
I haven't tested my tank in months and it's doing so much better than when I was chasing numbers every few days and going crazy when something was a little off. Now I just do water changes every two weeks and normal cleaning of filters and what not and everything is is doing better than ever.

Glad everything is working well. :)

 

[DeputyDog95]

Wow just reading these posts and had to think about what they did with reef tanks in the past to keep everything alive......

Your tank eventually nuked and you had no idea what went wrong... You can get away without testing, until you can't :)