Tank size - 300G water volume.
Mixed reef - predominantly SPS. Mainly 2-3 big colonies of SPS - with others growing.
I do regular ICP tests - (monthly) and weekly home tests.
My potassium was 360 in one of the first ICP tests i did.
Since then - i have been dosing potassium to get it back up.
I dose 50ML of potassium a day.
Is that normal?
My Alk consumption is 130ml a day to keep it at 7.8dkh stable.
My Cal consumption is 200ml a day to keep it at 390ppm. Although i am trying to raise that to get to 450.
My mag consumption is 40 ml a day to keep it at 1300 stable.
I run a salifert test to check all big three, plus Nitrate, Phosphate and Potassium every week.
My nitrates are around 25 and phose at 0.12.
So - getting back to my question.
My salifert test kit says my potassium is now 390. Every ICP test i have ran confirms what i see in the salifert reading. I have increased it from 360 gradually over the last 4 weeks. i dose 50 ml A DAY to keep it at 390 and every now and then i dose a little more to hopefully bring it up to 410 which is my goal.
Why is my potassium consumption so high?
Is that even possible?
every one i have talked to says something is wrong. and that it cant be. I am reading the same.
Mixed reef - predominantly SPS. Mainly 2-3 big colonies of SPS - with others growing.
I do regular ICP tests - (monthly) and weekly home tests.
My potassium was 360 in one of the first ICP tests i did.
Since then - i have been dosing potassium to get it back up.
I dose 50ML of potassium a day.
Is that normal?
My Alk consumption is 130ml a day to keep it at 7.8dkh stable.
My Cal consumption is 200ml a day to keep it at 390ppm. Although i am trying to raise that to get to 450.
My mag consumption is 40 ml a day to keep it at 1300 stable.
I run a salifert test to check all big three, plus Nitrate, Phosphate and Potassium every week.
My nitrates are around 25 and phose at 0.12.
So - getting back to my question.
My salifert test kit says my potassium is now 390. Every ICP test i have ran confirms what i see in the salifert reading. I have increased it from 360 gradually over the last 4 weeks. i dose 50 ml A DAY to keep it at 390 and every now and then i dose a little more to hopefully bring it up to 410 which is my goal.
Why is my potassium consumption so high?
Is that even possible?
every one i have talked to says something is wrong. and that it cant be. I am reading the same.