obstinate.org » chemistry http://obstinate.org The Ramblings and Musings of Mike Joyce Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:50:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Measuring Calcium http://obstinate.org/tanks/measuring-calcium/ http://obstinate.org/tanks/measuring-calcium/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:45:44 +0000 Mike Joyce http://obstinate.org/tanks/measuring-calcium/ So, for the first time ever with my reef tank, I have measured some of the chemical parameters. I was at a local LFS and they had a Reef testing kits by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals that tests the following:

  • Calcium
  • Phosphates
  • Nitrite
  • KH

So I tested each of them and ended up with the following paramaters:

  • Calcium: 400ppm
  • dKH: 9
  • Phosphates: 0
  • Nitrites: 0

I wanted to raise the Calcium a little so I dosed some Kalkwasser top off and ended up with 460ppm calcium without effecting the dKH (still at 9).

These are very healthy parameters. I am quite pleased, I should really check the PH, though.

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