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Decided nitrate testing is unreliable. In fact, I don’t test for anything anything these days.
Like fish pee.That was there wasn't a sudden load of urea - little very often
So @Zeus. going to ask you to tell us more about this on a separate thread. You can't just drop PLC and auto dose without further explanation and pictures!PLC (programmable logic controller)and auto dose
You can't just drop PLC and auto dose without further explanation and pictures!![]()
Ammonia/nitrite when starting/resetting a tank because it's critical for fauna. That's it. The rest I have learned to assess by looking at plants and fish. All these tests can sometimes be highly inacurate and misleading. NO3 tests are notorious in that regard. I really don't see the point in testing all these elements, specially when you are using RO and know what you are adding to the water.Do you measure anything now-a-days @Zeus., @hypnogogia, @Hanuman?
No I don't. I measure (by weight) what I put into my water, so I know the gH, and Kh. I also have a pH probe for the CO2 system.Do you measure anything now-a-days @Zeus., @hypnogogia, @Hanuman?
Do you measure anything now-a-days @Zeus.
I am much more likely to test tap water than tank water, quite frankly. While people on on FB and this forum might be using RO/DI water. That is not what most people use when I speak to hobbyists at club meetings. And if they don't know what they are putting into their tanks, they are going to be fighting an uphill battle from day one. There are ways of managing things if they know what's the tap water, even if it limits plant selection.On the testing, I can certainly understand your points and the inaccurate test results. IME, people newer to the hobby are not using RO water and are not rolling their own fertilizers. Unknown tap water and a capful of whatever magic aquarium plant juice the pet store sold them is what they got.
Testing can give us some idea of what's going on. Of course, if the test kits are not expired and they did the test correctly.
If ICP testing were cheaper and easier to do, would you feel tempted to test a few times a year to see if your math matched?
I'm going to have to look if we have instructions on how to do this. I have never done it but heard this is good practice.With any test kit the key is to create a reference sample.
I think most municiplIties do. (Maybe they are required to?) But many newbies don’t know that they can get (probably regularly get) a detailed water analysis. When I am helping them on line, I want to know whats going on with their tap water NOW.I am in an area that provides a tap water analysis sheet and I trust that it doesn't vary given where the water is from. So, I don't test my tap.
I can ask her.I wonder which one's Christel is using?