Potassium Test Kit

mixer911 · Jan 3, 2012

Its my sps that deplete mine. But the real question is how is yours getting to 1650? There is no salt mix out there that has 1600+ mag in it. So your can't get higher unless you were dosing, which Your not. So something is off in the testing. Weird. I may need to test some for ya.

Dowtish · Jan 4, 2012

Ok, if I'm doing it wrong, that would be great. I would like to think that I'm doing it right though. If the card on Red Sea test only goes to 0.80 = 1600. And I have to add more reagent to the syringe to get a color change and usually using just over 0.1 again to do it, that would mean it's easily saying 2000.....right? Because between 0.70 and 0.80 is 200ppm

mixer911 · Jan 4, 2012

Yep. Your correct. You probably are doing it right, but something doesn't add up. How is it that high? :)

Dowtish · Jan 4, 2012

I don't know. I am going to get some water from AC today, and test it.....the mystery continues

poolkeeper1 · Jan 4, 2012

mixer911 said:
Yep. Your correct. You probably are doing it right, but something doesn't add up. How is it that high? :)

I Recall Salifert having a bad batch of Mag Test a while back that I had one of and they read very high too! Just a thought you may have a faulty test/s
Bill

angrycubano · Jan 4, 2012

We are both using the Red Sea tests though. I was thinking of switching to Salifert since they are supposed to be more accurate with Mg. Great, now Salifert has some faulty tests?

Note to the reef community: Stop making all these extravagant (sp?) toys and get us some trustworthy test kits.

SmyrnaReefer · Jan 4, 2012

is the kit ready yet rick?

mixer911 said:
Mitch, We just bought 2 kits for the club to test Potassium. Jay is in line for it next, so maybe you can get if from him or test together. :bigsmile:

Dowtish · Jan 4, 2012

Ok, this is getting retarded now. I just did back to back tests again with new water from AC right out the jug.

2 x Salifert = 1450
2 x Red Sea = 1200
ummm....yeah:neutral:

mixer911 · Jan 4, 2012

hahaha....... The Mag fairy must be dosing your tank at night while you are sleeping. Chris if you can give some of your water to Mitch tonight I can test it tomorrow. I will be seeing him tomorrow.

And Jay, I will give the test kit to Mitch tomorrow also for the Potassium.

poolkeeper1 · Jan 4, 2012

mixer911 said:
hahaha....... The Mag fairy must be dosing your tank at night while you are sleeping. Chris if you can give some of your water to Mitch tonight I can test it tomorrow. I will be seeing him tomorrow.

And Jay, I will give the test kit to Mitch tomorrow also for the Potassium.

And I will have another Potassium test kit ready for use this coming weekend, But P/U will be in S.H.

Dowtish · Jan 4, 2012

I wont be able to get over to Mitch's tonight, but thanks for the offer. I'm just tripping that the Red Sea test was lower than the Salifert...nothing is making sense now.

angrycubano · Jan 4, 2012

my Red Sea test came in at 1400 for Mg. I did a WC about two weeks ago.

mixer911 · Jan 4, 2012

Mitch, Bring me some of your water and I will test it and see what it reads. I think 1400 with the red sea kit will put you at 1000 with my seachem kit.

angrycubano · Jan 5, 2012

mixer911 said:
Mitch, Bring me some of your water and I will test it and see what it reads. I think 1400 with the red sea kit will put you at 1000 with my seachem kit.

Aight den

Dowtish · Jan 5, 2012

Results???

sent from chris using my unsmart phone

Zef004 · Jan 5, 2012

Way cool
nice guys trying all these text kits. I've been dosing potassium for a long time now.
My reds are red and pinks are pink and some purples pop also.

And what I've read is redsea test kits works good with there products (supplement).
Plus With mag lps use up more mag then softies and sps. But chalices uses the most. This what I've seen in my tank. After adding some chalice to my tank I had to start dosing it. Before it was just added when I did weekly WC

mixer911 · Jan 5, 2012

Mitch and Chris I haven't yet. Been out. I will will do it in a little while.

ZEF my corals have colored up a lot since I started potassium about a month ago.

mixer911 · Jan 5, 2012

OK the results are in. Mitch's water tested Mag @ 825 with the seachem test kit. And he said he as not did a water change in about a month and does not dose. I/O is his salt mix, so I would think that 825 could be right.

Zef004 · Jan 5, 2012

Mitch I agree with Rick. IO salt has very low mag. Like under 1100. When I use to use it many years ago. I'm sure they change it many times.

Rick: glad to see the potassium working out for you. I think about a year ago everyone mostly bart was asking how I get so much red out of my acro. If rc didn't delete most our post or my post I would find what I found out about potassium and potassium iodine and post it here.