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Hello guys my local fish tested my water with the api aqua spin…and it said my tank Parameters was off here are the results
Ph 7.9
No4 9 ppm
Dkh 7.1
Po4 0.3
Calcium 357
Mag 1246

I want home and tested my tank with my Hanna checkers and Red Sea and got

ph 8
No4 9
Dkh 8.2
Po4 0.05
Calcium 407
Mag 1350

now what test Results should I go off of????…tank has cyano and Green hair algae and corals not fully Opening…what u guys think?
 

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Hello guys my local fish tested my water with the api aqua spin…and it said my tank Parameters was off here are the results
Ph 7.9
No4 9 ppm
Dkh 7.1
Po4 0.3
Calcium 357
Mag 1246

I want home and tested my tank with my Hanna checkers and Red Sea and got

ph 8
No4 9
Dkh 8.2
Po4 0.05
Calcium 407
Mag 1350

now what test Results should I go off of????…tank has cyano and Green hair algae and corals not fully Opening…what u guys think?
I would retest a couple of times with your RedSea & Hanna test kits And would stick with those numbers. Also, did you test the parameters at the same time of day?

Three things got rid of my cyano naturally and I never cleaned any Cyano out of my tank.

1) Strong UV light
2) Started an Oxydator (look for threads on this site)
3) Phytoplankton every other day

Before and after pics (also have since increased the light point intensity by 15% on my Radions - up to 75%)

PO4 .05, NO3 2
Before 2021 04 28.jpg




After 2021 04 28.jpg
 
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I would retest a couple of times with your RedSea & Hanna test kits And would stick with those numbers. Also, did you test the parameters at the same time of day?

Three things got rid of my cyano naturally and I never cleaned any Cyano out of my tank.

1) Strong UV light
2) Started an Oxydator (look for threads on this site)
3) Phytoplankton every other day

Before and after pics (also have since increased the light point intensity by 15% on my Radions - up to 75%)

PO4 .05, NO3 2
Before 2021 04 28.jpg




After 2021 04 28.jpg
Hey thanks for the reply the tests was about hour apart…I have a uv Sterilizer on my tank
 

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