Recently I was struggling to keep some corals healthy, mostly SPS, and I thought that parameter swings were the culprit. But after a period of relatively stable conditions, I bought a potassium kit to begin to see if it needed to be supplemented. It tested so low that the kit didn't even return a result! I thought it was bad reagents. Turns out that my Salifert Potassium kit wasn't bad, my K was actually very very low according to the Triton test I bought in desperation. All of the unwanteds tested out undetectable (actually zero, which is a confusing way to present that data).
Has anyone experienced this with HW or other salt mixes?
Once I remedied the K level, all of the corals started to look much better and their growth accelerated or at least showed some signs of growth.
Hope this helps if others are having the same issue. It was a head scratcher for sure!
Has anyone experienced this with HW or other salt mixes?
Once I remedied the K level, all of the corals started to look much better and their growth accelerated or at least showed some signs of growth.
Hope this helps if others are having the same issue. It was a head scratcher for sure!