salty rick
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It is amazing how much of a difference there is between test kits. I just got my Salifert kits for CA, SI, PH and PO4. I have not had an SI test kit before.
When I tested the CA it was 470. Red Sea kit tested 450. Not a bad comparison.
When I tested PH it was 7.7. The Tetra Kit I used was 8.0. Again, not much of a difference. I know the PH is low. I have been having problems with keeping it up. My ALk is runing around 13 KH. Why can't I get my PH up? Is the ALK too high?
When I tested for PO4 it was 0.8. Way high. The Red Sea kit tested 0.25. A major difference. Here comes water changes and a PO4 sponge.
When I tested Silicate I got a reading of 0.25 silicaoxide or 0.525 Silicon. Is this a bad reading?
I don't have hair algae problems. I do have to clean the glass about once a week for a green film.
I use a tap water purifier from Aquarium Pharmaseuticals to filter my tap water. I need to use the PO4 and SI test on it to see what the readings are. The Nitrate reading on the filtered water runs 0.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
When I tested the CA it was 470. Red Sea kit tested 450. Not a bad comparison.
When I tested PH it was 7.7. The Tetra Kit I used was 8.0. Again, not much of a difference. I know the PH is low. I have been having problems with keeping it up. My ALk is runing around 13 KH. Why can't I get my PH up? Is the ALK too high?
When I tested for PO4 it was 0.8. Way high. The Red Sea kit tested 0.25. A major difference. Here comes water changes and a PO4 sponge.
When I tested Silicate I got a reading of 0.25 silicaoxide or 0.525 Silicon. Is this a bad reading?
I don't have hair algae problems. I do have to clean the glass about once a week for a green film.
I use a tap water purifier from Aquarium Pharmaseuticals to filter my tap water. I need to use the PO4 and SI test on it to see what the readings are. The Nitrate reading on the filtered water runs 0.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
