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I test once a week, using my Mastertronic, for FE. Why? 1) it’s a inexpensive single vial test in my Mastertronic. 2) I found a tslot nut in my sump. I build everything out of 8020 and I have a fear that something could have or could fall in my system. I have a fairly extensive and complex 8020 build holding 16 different types of light fixtures over my display. There has to be 500 screws in that thing, lol.
Below are my weekly results. Obviously there has been a lift in numbers. I do dose A, K, flatworm, acro power and restarted RMS but have NOT specifically dosed FE.
What value threshold should I pay attention to if there were metal introduced to my tank? Or am I not thinking this correctly?
My dilemma-
I’m not a fan of subscriptions. I have 10 months supply of the year long ABC mix for my trident. Which I likely will start a thread about soon regarding potential drift.
I have a Alkatronic and a Mastertronic. I’m not there yet with my Alkatronic but I am there with my Master. I use it for I, FE, No3 and PO4 plus OLI. I don’t care to know my Ca and Mg twice a day. I think I’d be fine weekly with those two. But my DKH I like every other hour. I like knowing my I and FE weekly. But will have to sacrifice them , or at least 1, to get Mg and Ca up and running weekly on my master. I’m doing ICPs, but I’ll probably get in a 60 day cadence. The fear is a foreign object falling in my tank causing rust. I like the FE test to help identify that. But, ask me how the hell I would find it with a total of 56 sq ft of surface area across the entire system. Needle + haystack = best to play the lottery.
I’m not sure what to do. I just hate subscription plans. At least with the Master, I have a lot more control. Yes, I have hacked my Trident, but once you stretch it out, the drift is bad. Which has me starting to question this year’s supply (concentration that you mix) that I purchased. I am running into a meaningful delta between Trident and Alkatronic, but Hanna tends to want to get in bed with my Trident. (I always wanted to say that, I loved the movie Splash).
Below are my weekly results. Obviously there has been a lift in numbers. I do dose A, K, flatworm, acro power and restarted RMS but have NOT specifically dosed FE.
What value threshold should I pay attention to if there were metal introduced to my tank? Or am I not thinking this correctly?
My dilemma-
I’m not a fan of subscriptions. I have 10 months supply of the year long ABC mix for my trident. Which I likely will start a thread about soon regarding potential drift.
I have a Alkatronic and a Mastertronic. I’m not there yet with my Alkatronic but I am there with my Master. I use it for I, FE, No3 and PO4 plus OLI. I don’t care to know my Ca and Mg twice a day. I think I’d be fine weekly with those two. But my DKH I like every other hour. I like knowing my I and FE weekly. But will have to sacrifice them , or at least 1, to get Mg and Ca up and running weekly on my master. I’m doing ICPs, but I’ll probably get in a 60 day cadence. The fear is a foreign object falling in my tank causing rust. I like the FE test to help identify that. But, ask me how the hell I would find it with a total of 56 sq ft of surface area across the entire system. Needle + haystack = best to play the lottery.
I’m not sure what to do. I just hate subscription plans. At least with the Master, I have a lot more control. Yes, I have hacked my Trident, but once you stretch it out, the drift is bad. Which has me starting to question this year’s supply (concentration that you mix) that I purchased. I am running into a meaningful delta between Trident and Alkatronic, but Hanna tends to want to get in bed with my Trident. (I always wanted to say that, I loved the movie Splash).
