I just got my ICP results from fauna marin (posted below). It's recommending I dose a whole slew of trace elements which are currently low, including Zinc, Vanadium, Copper (heck no...), Nickel, Manganese, Molybdenum, Chrome, Cobalt, Phosphorus, Boron, Strontium and Iodine. My aluminum is apparently also a little high, apparently.
From what I can tell, this would result in buying a laboratory's worth of elements additives, for something like $350-$400. This seems somewhat excessive. Is there another approach I should be taking here?
Not that it matters, but with regards to the phosphorus/phosphate numbers, all the tests I've done so far have been closer to 0.03 or 0.02, not 0.
For posterity's sake, it's a reefer 200XL
Alk: around 8.7
Calcium :around 415
Magnesium: 1290 (salifert), 1386 (trident), 1444 (ICP), believe whichever you choose...
PH: 8.15-8.3 over the course of a typical day
Salinity 1.026/35
Nitrate: down to 1.9 last I checked (last wednesday), needs a boost
Phosphate: 0.03 (Hanna) or 0 (ICP)
For a link to the analysis:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui...0628&th=183597119631d114&view=att&disp=inline
From what I can tell, this would result in buying a laboratory's worth of elements additives, for something like $350-$400. This seems somewhat excessive. Is there another approach I should be taking here?
Not that it matters, but with regards to the phosphorus/phosphate numbers, all the tests I've done so far have been closer to 0.03 or 0.02, not 0.
For posterity's sake, it's a reefer 200XL
Alk: around 8.7
Calcium :around 415
Magnesium: 1290 (salifert), 1386 (trident), 1444 (ICP), believe whichever you choose...
PH: 8.15-8.3 over the course of a typical day
Salinity 1.026/35
Nitrate: down to 1.9 last I checked (last wednesday), needs a boost
Phosphate: 0.03 (Hanna) or 0 (ICP)
For a link to the analysis: