This from icp-analysis.com...
Calcium 645ppm
Vanadium 8.738ppb
Molybdenum 4.224ppb
CR, FE, I, MN, NI all showing zero
Everything else within tolerances
I have a Trident... tests my Calcium at 440. It's been a few months since I calibrated it, but I don't buy it. I've got a red sea kit, going to re-test this evening. Dosing Kalkwasser, via Avast stirrer. I just turned it off, but it was dosing at a rate of one liter per day, 240ml every hour, in a 160g tank.
Tank is in rebuild mode, there's a few mushrooms, a cabbage coral, a gorgonian... just the leftovers after BTA's killed everything. Healthy stock of fish. Just got rid of a boat load of bubble tip anemones, wanting to get everything stable for a big frag order.
Salinity 1.026, Temp 77.5f (stable within .5f) pH 8.41. RO/DI water ATO and water changes, I replace the DI carts when TDS reads more than 1. Instant Ocean salt, BRS Kalkwasser is the only thing I'm dosing. Got a mess of Chaetomorpha in the sump, 1-2" sand bed. I've replaced 95% of the live rock over the last two months with CaribSea Life Rock (purple painted dry rock) in an effort to rid myself of RBTA's.
I don't believe the Calcium test, not sure how much faith to put in any of the tests... Vanadium, Molybdenum doesn't appear to be high enough to be an issue. I'm more concerned with zero Iron, Iodine, Manganese, but those are easy enough to dose. Think I've still got some Lugol's on the shelf.
Any thoughts?
Calcium 645ppm
Vanadium 8.738ppb
Molybdenum 4.224ppb
CR, FE, I, MN, NI all showing zero
Everything else within tolerances
I have a Trident... tests my Calcium at 440. It's been a few months since I calibrated it, but I don't buy it. I've got a red sea kit, going to re-test this evening. Dosing Kalkwasser, via Avast stirrer. I just turned it off, but it was dosing at a rate of one liter per day, 240ml every hour, in a 160g tank.
Tank is in rebuild mode, there's a few mushrooms, a cabbage coral, a gorgonian... just the leftovers after BTA's killed everything. Healthy stock of fish. Just got rid of a boat load of bubble tip anemones, wanting to get everything stable for a big frag order.
Salinity 1.026, Temp 77.5f (stable within .5f) pH 8.41. RO/DI water ATO and water changes, I replace the DI carts when TDS reads more than 1. Instant Ocean salt, BRS Kalkwasser is the only thing I'm dosing. Got a mess of Chaetomorpha in the sump, 1-2" sand bed. I've replaced 95% of the live rock over the last two months with CaribSea Life Rock (purple painted dry rock) in an effort to rid myself of RBTA's.
I don't believe the Calcium test, not sure how much faith to put in any of the tests... Vanadium, Molybdenum doesn't appear to be high enough to be an issue. I'm more concerned with zero Iron, Iodine, Manganese, but those are easy enough to dose. Think I've still got some Lugol's on the shelf.
Any thoughts?