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Xclusive Reef · Apr 19, 2020

Dj City said:
At the moment im using API and Red Sea.
Red Sea Alk
Red Sea Mag
API Nitrate
API Calcium.

how often you test and how much you spend in reagents in 3 months?

mikedb · Apr 19, 2020

Xclusive Reef said:
how often you test and how much you spend in reagents in 3 months?

Right now I am testing Alkalinity, Nitrate, and Phosphate daily, and Calcium every other day. The consumption is the same as it would be if testing manually (prices from BRS):

Red Sea Alkalinity Refill: $18/75 tests = $0.24/test
Red Sea Phosphate Refill: $23/100 tests = $0.23/test
Tropic Marin Nitrate: $27.60/50 tests = $0.55/test*
API Calcium: $10.25/29 tests =$0.35/test

At my aggressive testing schedule, this means a cost of $1.19/day.

*Note: A refill kit for Tropic Marin Nitrate apparently exists, but is not sold online anywhere in the US. It is available in the EU, but with prohibitive shipping costs. Purchasing refills for 350 tests (a years supply for me) brings the cost per test down to around $110/350 tests = $0.31/test.

Xclusive Reef · Apr 19, 2020

mikedb said:
Right now I am testing Alkalinity, Nitrate, and Phosphate daily, and Calcium every other day. The consumption is the same as it would be if testing manually (prices from BRS):

Red Sea Alkalinity Refill: $18/75 tests = $0.24/test
Red Sea Phosphate Refill: $23/100 tests = $0.23/test
Tropic Marin Nitrate: $27.60/50 tests = $0.55/test*
API Calcium: $10.25/29 tests =$0.35/test

At my aggressive testing schedule, this means a cost of $1.19/day.

*Note: A refill kit for Tropic Marin Nitrate apparently exists, but is not sold online anywhere in the US. It is available in the EU, but with prohibitive shipping costs. Purchasing refills for 350 tests (a years supply for me) brings the cost per test down to around $110/350 tests = $0.31/test.

so these numbers above is for every 3 months?

mikedb · Apr 19, 2020

Xclusive Reef said:
so these numbers above is for every 3 months?

The tests all come in different sizes, so you can't buy exactly three months worth of reagents very easily. But based on my $1.19/day, I go through $107 in reagents in 90 days.