Hi guys and @ATI North America,
since last March I've been using ATI Essentials+ as Calcium supplement. It works good so far, and I'm very satisfied how does it affect coral growth and PH in my tank.
However, I thought it keeps ionic balance (and one of main goals was to avoid water changes). There are few examples of good SPS tanks development during around a year without water changes (using ATI Essentials). So I decided to decrease weekly maintenance of my system and enjoy thriving growth and coloration. So since July I did only a few 10% changes, 2 or 3, using TM Pro Reef salt. Nothing could be wrong
Meanwhile I was keeping doing ICP tests and the results disappointed me a bit
July
August
September
October
January
February
I recalculated the Sulphur values using value for Sodium = 11700ppm, because salinity can differ.
And the results are
July: 896
August: 819
September: 787
October: 839
January: 764
February: 755
I suppose the ideal value for Sulphur would be 900ppm, if Sodium concentration is 11700ppm. However mine is 15% lower.
Any idea why it could happened?
since last March I've been using ATI Essentials+ as Calcium supplement. It works good so far, and I'm very satisfied how does it affect coral growth and PH in my tank.
However, I thought it keeps ionic balance (and one of main goals was to avoid water changes). There are few examples of good SPS tanks development during around a year without water changes (using ATI Essentials). So I decided to decrease weekly maintenance of my system and enjoy thriving growth and coloration. So since July I did only a few 10% changes, 2 or 3, using TM Pro Reef salt. Nothing could be wrong
Meanwhile I was keeping doing ICP tests and the results disappointed me a bit
July
August
September
October
January
February
I recalculated the Sulphur values using value for Sodium = 11700ppm, because salinity can differ.
And the results are
July: 896
August: 819
September: 787
October: 839
January: 764
February: 755
I suppose the ideal value for Sulphur would be 900ppm, if Sodium concentration is 11700ppm. However mine is 15% lower.
Any idea why it could happened?