ICP Analysis "ICP suggested" levels seem correct to you?

[jcates]

Do this "ICP Suggested Reef Tank" levels pass the sniff test to anyone? I am certainly no expert but a suggested level of Phosphorus of 70 ppm seems extremely high to me? If you were to covert this with the formula to PO4 wouldn't that be over 200ppm? Then if you switch to Hawaii Ocean it had a recommended level of .08ppm that's quite the gap.

Similar situation with Iron ICP suggested level of 20 ppm vs Hawaii of .01


I send a note to them through the contact us link asking the same things but am I crazy?

 

[lapin]

And my tank does just fine

 

[jcates]

And my tank does just fine

Mine too. this question isn't about my current levels as much as their suggested level. If I am correct 1ppm=1000 ug/l so if your setpoint on a triton test was 70,000 ug/l wouldn't that look odd to you?

 

[lapin]

yes

 

[jcates]

Email update said they have a software issue and it should be ppb not ppm. Should be fixed this week.

Hopefully nobody goes and over doses anything in the meantime

 

[ReefEco]

Yeah, I spoke to them about this scale issue of PPb vs PPm in September and they said they would fix it, just got my results and it is still the same. The high/low indicator seem to be correct, but the graphical representation is totally off, and could mislead many people...