Water parameters

[Rjmul]

I think it would be a cool idea to have a running thread of everyone's water parameters. Every time you test something, post it in here along with a picture of something in your tank


6/29/2023

Salinity 1.025

Alk 7.3

Calcium 425

Mag 1275

Nitrate 5

Phosphate .1

 

[diana a]

6/29/2023

Ca 410

KH 7

Mg 1300

PO4 0.02

NO3 3

Salinity 1.025

Temp 79

 

[Subliminal]

Temp 79.
Salinity 1.025
Alk 7-8
Everything else ?

 

[Stephen8169301]

Salt 1.026
Temp 77
All 9.5 going for 10
Cal 500
Mag 1500
Ph idk
No3 10
Phos unsure

 

[Raptor962]

Temp 78
Salinity 1.026
Alk 9.1
Calcium 390
Mag 1290
Nitrate 15
Phos .05

Pictures under full spectrum

 

[Rjmul]

7/8/203

Alk 6.5

Calcium 425

Mag 1260

Nitrate 3

Phosphate .25

I've been having some issues. Some things have been getting away from me. Been house shopping and working a lot. I have an ICP test I've been meaning to send out. I changed the lenses on all my hydras. Kalk stirer leaking, dosers shut off for a day. Having issues with "tulip polyp syndrome"

Chicken or the egg

 

[MadReefer]

7/16/2023

Alk - 9.1
Calc - 400
Mag - 1260
PH - 7.7
Nitrate - 50
Phosphate - 0.25
Salinity - 1.025
Temp - 79

I messed up my 1st Nitarte test and its not 100, more like 50. Still a little high but feel better.

 

[diana a]

7/16/2023

Alk - 9.1
Calc - 400
Mag - 1260
PH - 7.7
Nitrate - 100ppm
Phosphate - 0.25
Salinity - 1.025

I know Nitrate is high but I lost a clam and Chocolate tang this wee. Plus, the 10hr outage yesterday. Will test again next weekend and see if it changed.

Wowza! Never would’ve thought a home nitrate test went that high. I’m always having to dose sodium nitrate

Corals okay?

 

[MadReefer]

Wowza! Never would’ve thought a home nitrate test went that high. I’m always having to dose sodium nitrate

Corals okay?

Salivary test kit. Everything is fine, every tank I had was high in nitrate. Usually though 40.

 

[Rjmul]

7/17/2023
Alk 7.7

 

[Mark_C]

Haven't tested in years, so here's what I got...

Living room tank (mixed reef)
Temp 78-79F
Salinity 1.026ish, probably
Alk No idea
Calcium No idea
Mag No idea
Nitrate No idea
Phos No idea

Dining room tank (anem party)
Temp 78-79F
Salinity 1.026ish, probably
Alk No idea
Calcium No idea
Mag No idea
Nitrate No idea
Phos No idea

 

[MadReefer]

Haven't tested in years, so here's what I got...

Living room tank (mixed reef)
Temp 78-79F
Salinity 1.026ish, probably
Alk No idea
Calcium No idea
Mag No idea
Nitrate No idea
Phos No idea

Dining room tank (anem party)
Temp 78-79F
Salinity 1.026ish, probably
Alk No idea
Calcium No idea
Mag No idea
Nitrate No idea
Phos No idea

Always a smart a$$

 

[diana a]

7/18/2023

Ca 425

KH 7.5

Mg 1290

PO4 0.02

NO3 4

Salinity 1.025

Temp 80.2

 

[Rjmul]

8/1/2023

Alk 6.7



8/4/2023

Alk 6.9

Calcium 450


So I did something I've been meaning to do for a long time, just to try it. I doubled the flow rate through my kalk pump and set it to dose 8pm-8am instead of 24/7. Immediate increase in alkalinity consumption. I was on the fence about it but here we are. Lost almost a whole 1.0 dkh immediately

 

[Bot587]

Salinity: 1.025
Kh: 8.3
Ca: 450
Mg: 1350
Nitrate: 5 ppm
P: < 0.1