What does your testing routine look like?

[Gumbies R Us]

I know for me I try to test pretty frequently just to make sure everything is in order. I am wondering what does your testing routine look like? Is it fully automated to where you don't have to do it, are you testing daily, or is it when you feel like there Is an issue. Curious to see what everyone does!

 

[luis angel]

I try to do the weekly tests but I always sit for a while to see how the corals behave and that way I can tell if something is wrong and do an emergency test.

 

[dwest]

Daily: salinity monitor with Apex, 2 alkatronic alkalinity tests
Monthly (ish): calcium, nitrates, phosphates, verify salinity
Less frequent: magnesium

 

[Reefer Matt]

Apex multiple times daily via probes and Tridents. Nitrate and phosphate every other weekend via Hanna checkers.

 

[scotty333]

I’m at the stage of fine tuning nitrates , phosphates and kh
By doing this I’m adding vodka to my ato , also kh buffer and run gfo on a timer

So every 2 days I’m testing all 3 until I strike the sweet spots .
salinity , mag , calcium once a week since I don’t have much to use it
Ph, orp every couple days