ICP results - for fun only

[areefer01]

I was originally going to start a thread with some ICP results and ask for help but figured that would not be very sporting of me. The reason being is that the water isn't from my display but rather from Fiji this past December. Last dive of the week I collected the water sample during my safety stop. Just so happens the last dive was over an Acropora reef crest.

Nothing earth shattering or unexpected but the alkalinity number was a bit lower than what I thought it would be.

Few notes:

• This isn't scientific, this is for fun since I had a spare kit
• This is only one sample - obviously something more serious would follow proper sample collection and handling protocols
• This is the ocean, Fiji
• I do not know what the falloff could be of the sample collected vs processing time
• I spoke to ATI who let me know the sample would arrive during their holiday break and that it may sit longer than what they prefer
• Ocean != home aquaria
• Measurement name column W
• 95th percentile column X is just that - the 95th percentile across all of my displays ICP results going back to 2018 - I was curious how my display compares
• Column Y are the results from Fiji water collected between 15 and 20 feet (during my safety stop)
• Obviously there are recommendations but I did not tell ATI that this was an ocean water sample - again, this is just for fun and nothing to do with ICP vendor(s) or their quality
• Video below of the reef for reference

Video of the reef - this is raw (still editing the video I took):

 

[Reefering1]

Is that silicon number correct(1541), or is it missing the decimal?

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

Did you take that with your Iphone?

 

[areefer01]

Is that silicon number correct(1541), or is it missing the decimal?

No, that is the correct value. This is from my display over time and the 95th percentile. I wonder if the formula I used is wrong. Good eye.

 

[areefer01]

Did you take that with your Iphone?

No. I use a GoPro 11. Still learning how to use it. The current was a bit strong and towards the end I misjudged my proximity to the line some divers hold onto during the stop and bumped into it.

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

I was just curious because the Iphone has the same effect going into slow mo...
I am still editing the Belize trip where I used a DJI V.1

 

[braaap]

Very cool. Alk is what I would expect as they say the ocean is around 7. I'm friends with Ron Boyer who owns Inland Coral(pretty well known for higher end sps) and he keeps all his tanks at 7alk as it is what nature is. He sees pretty remarkable growth and coloring. Problem is most vendors hover around 9-10 so that is where I keep my tank.

 

[CHSUB]

What I would expect from Fiji. Imo, shows ICP test are very reliable.

 

[areefer01]

I was just curious because the Iphone has the same effect going into slow mo...
I am still editing the Belize trip where I used a DJI V.1

Yeah I'm not sure what I did to get that slow motion part. Sorry about that. I should have just grabbed a screenshot of the reef to use. Probably would have been better.

Speaking of the iPhone a few in our group used theirs for video. The quality looked good from what I could tell but not sure I would personally take my phone down there. I think the case was by SeaLife but don't hold me to that. Funny thing is that one member of our group was using their iWatch as their dive computer. That was new to me.