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I've been dosing Kalk to my reef tank, and have just started adding Red Sea trace colors to the mix as well. Since I can't really dose by Calcium uptake due to my method of dosing, I picked up the trace colors test kit to test the elements. I haven't had any issues with the Iodine or Potasium. HOWEVER, I've had nothing but issues with the Iron supplement.
After initial testing the Iron, it was at 0. So I began slowly dosing the Iron supplement to the tank over a week or so, testing each day. However, by day three and dosing about 250ml in total the test kit still read zero.
I figured I had either a bad iron supplement or bad test kit. So I picked up a new one of each. I dosed according to the instructions to raise my Iron from 0 to .1 (which is a whopping 360ml). On initial test the kit final showed evidence of Iron (.25). Now, just 2 days later I test it once again and its back to 0! I can't, and can't believe nyone else can afford dosing 350ml of this stuff daily? So what gives? Has anyone else had issues keeping Iron level in their tank? I'm wonder if something in the tank could be absorbing it?
After initial testing the Iron, it was at 0. So I began slowly dosing the Iron supplement to the tank over a week or so, testing each day. However, by day three and dosing about 250ml in total the test kit still read zero.
I figured I had either a bad iron supplement or bad test kit. So I picked up a new one of each. I dosed according to the instructions to raise my Iron from 0 to .1 (which is a whopping 360ml). On initial test the kit final showed evidence of Iron (.25). Now, just 2 days later I test it once again and its back to 0! I can't, and can't believe nyone else can afford dosing 350ml of this stuff daily? So what gives? Has anyone else had issues keeping Iron level in their tank? I'm wonder if something in the tank could be absorbing it?