First ICP test, not sure what to do with the information

[ZzyzxRiver]

Is there anything I need to do with these results (besides doing more water changes)?


I was surprised at silicon-I dose one or two drops a week into my 50g just to feed pineapple sponges and tunicates and give my snails a diatom snack or two? I don’t have any diatom outbreaks, but it says critically high.

Where would sulfur or strontium even come from? Vanadium?? Looking forward to learning some chemistry!

 

[bluemon]

First of all… raise your salinity.

Secondly, I wouldn’t dose Silica just to feed sponges. Unless you have a sponge tank.

Also, maybe check RODI next time as well? Some of the metals and other ions came up a bit high which can be a sign something is off.

But I usually ignore most trace elements

Phosphates CAN be lowered a bit but it’s not as critical as ICP makes it out to be.

Do you run a Phosphate remover? aluminum and Lanthanum is suspiciously high

 

[ZzyzxRiver]

I used a baggie of GFO one time for phosphates, and now lanthanum, yeah, although I’m scaling that back a bit as things are coming back under control.

Ok, so it sounds like I need to check my water, salinity, leave the silicate alone unless dinos return, and otherwise just water changes?