What test kit do you guys use?
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ScionFRSguy
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Okay, so it's hard to argue against the ISP testing! I think maybe that was the problem I was having with the CA tests with Hanna, I did buy their water later on but wasn't using it when I first started testing. Anyways, it's great to hear that you're doing so well with their test kits.
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Can't go wrong with salifert. Cheap, easy, and repeatable results.
Used them for many years.
I now use hanna for everything but calcium, Still use salifert for that, as the hanna calcium checker is just prone to error in the small sample it uses.
Used them for many years.
I now use hanna for everything but calcium, Still use salifert for that, as the hanna calcium checker is just prone to error in the small sample it uses.
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I heard Chris from ACI aquaculture really loves his. I heard him talk about it in this podcast with Reefbum. He also discussed the misreads.
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brandon429
what, exactly, are you doing in your avatar
I think seneye just spoiled everyone by reading nh3, and out to thousandths ppm and by being consistent across reef samples.
If I'm not mistaken that Idip was hundredths ppm max read as nh4/requiring the guess conversion step/ factoring pH and temp to get to nh3 for the end user.
*not that seneye has been decoded yet as the all-consuming accurate nh3 tester that's for sure/it's pH readings are often highly suspect and I'm not sure how they derive nh3 as accurately if they're not using the onboard temp and pH inputs...but what remains is seneye reporting in the .00x thousandths ppm nh3 across scrolls and scrolls of full running reefs, consistently, which matches the known cycling timing and consistency we know to be present in reef tanks piling rocks and swirling warm water quickly across them.
with api/any other ammonia meter in a lot of 1000 samples, only six read zero ammonia lol, 900 read .25, and 94 read .5-3ppm and all the reefs in the sample were cycled just fine and not in ammonia distress whatsoever and would read thousandths ppm on a seneye.
even if seneye's bottom line reading isn't exactly right, it's reporting the natural consistency in ammonia control that piled up rocks of high surface area certainly lend for reef tankers. seneye supports and upholds updated cycling science, api and red sea in the hands of res publica always doubt updated cycling science.
If I'm not mistaken that Idip was hundredths ppm max read as nh4/requiring the guess conversion step/ factoring pH and temp to get to nh3 for the end user.
*not that seneye has been decoded yet as the all-consuming accurate nh3 tester that's for sure/it's pH readings are often highly suspect and I'm not sure how they derive nh3 as accurately if they're not using the onboard temp and pH inputs...but what remains is seneye reporting in the .00x thousandths ppm nh3 across scrolls and scrolls of full running reefs, consistently, which matches the known cycling timing and consistency we know to be present in reef tanks piling rocks and swirling warm water quickly across them.
with api/any other ammonia meter in a lot of 1000 samples, only six read zero ammonia lol, 900 read .25, and 94 read .5-3ppm and all the reefs in the sample were cycled just fine and not in ammonia distress whatsoever and would read thousandths ppm on a seneye.
even if seneye's bottom line reading isn't exactly right, it's reporting the natural consistency in ammonia control that piled up rocks of high surface area certainly lend for reef tankers. seneye supports and upholds updated cycling science, api and red sea in the hands of res publica always doubt updated cycling science.
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ILikeFish!
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What do you use to test phosphate,calcium,magnesium,nitrate etc because seneye doesn't test those parameters?
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Screwgunner
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If you do 10% water change every week I wouldn't worry about it. Unless you are going g to keep sps. Then you will have to put in calcium and alkalinity.
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gbroadbridge
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My 90 gal tank eats 2.2 dkh a day - so a 15dkh drop in one week without dosing - if there was that much Alk to start with :)
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airvicconcre
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HR Nitrate Hanna
ULR Phosporus Hanna
Alkalinity Hanna / Salifert
Calcium Salifert
Magnesium Salifert
these are the basics.
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ILikeFish!
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I do 25% every two weeks do i have to do every week if i want corals?
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gbroadbridge
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ICP means Inductively Coupled Plasma. It is a test that can tell you the elemental composition of your water. It's an advanced test.
Most folks don't test ammonia after the tank has cycled as it should never appear in a healthy tank.
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gbroadbridge
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Weekly is good to start with, and many continue to do it for a while.
You will find some reefers that have cut back water changes to a bare minimum, but that require lots of testing and a very stable tank.
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Screwgunner
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As long as you keep everything stable for the two weeks 25% every two weeks is fine. I have a algea turf scrubber I went a whole year with out a water change. But like he said you have to test for the big five. Alkalinity, calcium, magnesium, nitrates,phosphates plus trace elements. If my corals looked like they started looking bad a couple 20% water changes always brings them back. I have a 125 and do 15 gallons a week and my coral look better than ever.
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stoney7713
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You can't calibrate them. They do sell a reference solution, but it's just that, check to see if the readings are accurate with the solution.
I did buy them because I thought mine was reading off, but they were right on with the reference solution.
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