Recent ATI ICP-OES showed critically high strontium 11.17 mg/l. I am a not actually worried about it but I am curious.
Other slightly high (so-called above normal) are sulfur, calcium(as usual), bromine, and zinc. Below normal in vanadium and manganese (as usual).
So overall I am good with the results but the high strontium is interesting. My trace elements would come from water changes and AFR.
I recently starting using a bucket of reef crystals for water changes. It’s not my normal salt (Tropic Marin) but I ran out of salt and I got the reef crystals for free. I am trying to decide if I should buy some new salt or just keep using the RC. I dont have (or want to buy) a strontium test kit so its a bit of guess work.
At what point is strontium a concern? I have probably only done 3x 20% water changes with RC and would easily use the RC for another year+ so if that’s the problem it will keep going up. I don’t think it rapidly depletes.
I realize this is a difficult question to get a definitive answer, but thoughts and opinions are welcome. Thanks!
Other slightly high (so-called above normal) are sulfur, calcium(as usual), bromine, and zinc. Below normal in vanadium and manganese (as usual).
So overall I am good with the results but the high strontium is interesting. My trace elements would come from water changes and AFR.
I recently starting using a bucket of reef crystals for water changes. It’s not my normal salt (Tropic Marin) but I ran out of salt and I got the reef crystals for free. I am trying to decide if I should buy some new salt or just keep using the RC. I dont have (or want to buy) a strontium test kit so its a bit of guess work.
At what point is strontium a concern? I have probably only done 3x 20% water changes with RC and would easily use the RC for another year+ so if that’s the problem it will keep going up. I don’t think it rapidly depletes.
I realize this is a difficult question to get a definitive answer, but thoughts and opinions are welcome. Thanks!
