Water test reading

[winxp_man]

Here are my water test reading in my tank. Advise to drop hardness, and bring up carbonate and alkaline thank you ladies and gents. :cool:


Copper 0

Nitrate 5

Nitrite 0

Chlorine 0

Hardness 425

Alkaline 60

Carbonate 40

pH 7.8

 

[pwoody]

What is in the tank?

pH is a little low.
It might be better if you test alkalinity carbonate hardness, and calcium. They’re more widely recognised as parameters for a marine fish tank and ones which most people on this forum can relate to.
Any particular reason you’re testing for copper and chlorine?
If you’re using RODI water or making your own, you don’t need to test for these unless you suspect a problem which may be being caused by them, or if you’re QT’ing with copper.
If you’re not using RODI…why? :D

 

[pwoody]

I said about alkalinity and calcium etc also because when you dose certain things like RZ, two-part, AFR etc. you will need to measure those two to see the effect they’re having.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Here are my water test reading in my tank. Advise to drop hardness, and bring up carbonate and alkaline thank you ladies and gents. :cool:


Copper 0

Nitrate 5

Nitrite 0

Chlorine 0

Hardness 425

Alkaline 60

Carbonate 40

pH 7.8

Units would be useful to interpret those numbers.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I’ll move this to the main forum since it’s not an experiment.

 

[winxp_man]

Units would be useful to interpret those numbers.

Ppm sorry. Also realized after more research what parameters I need to read and ordered Hannah products. After doing some testing with the correct readings I will post back.

 

[winxp_man]

What is in the tank?

pH is a little low.
It might be better if you test alkalinity carbonate hardness, and calcium. They’re more widely recognised as parameters for a marine fish tank and ones which most people on this forum can relate to.
Any particular reason you’re testing for copper and chlorine?
If you’re using RODI water or making your own, you don’t need to test for these unless you suspect a problem which may be being caused by them, or if you’re QT’ing with copper.
If you’re not using RODI…why? :D

I have nems, clowns and cleanup crew guys.