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Ok, so I figured I'd update this a bit. I didn't like the way the bionic was adjusting the water. It is definitely a crutch. I dosed for 4 days straight and was getting steady increases. I did a little test and skipped two days. Right back down it went. I got to the point where I could look at...

Cool idea! I just zip tied mine to an old mag float. :)

Finally got ahold of a magnesium test kit today. Sheesh! You might think the things were made of gold or something! The ONLY one I could find was by Serra. Tests today show: PH: 8.1 Salinity: 1.024 Alk: 6.4 dkH Magnesium: 1020 I did dose another 15ml of the bionic today. I'm a fan of slow and...

Some interesting info to ponder: Redid the tests on the 5 gallon bucket of reef crystals water after letting it sit for several days with the power head and heater running. Temp 78.6 Salinity: 1.026 PH: 7.8 Alk: 12.8 dkH Calc: 420 The PH of straight tap water is 5.7 TDS of straight tap water...

Ok, I have been testing pretty regularly, and this is what I got tonight. Temp: 80 Salinity: 1.024 (a skimmer issue dropped this a bit, but it will come back up, I've had this happen before and I just top off with small amounts of pre-mixed salt water until the salinity stabilizes, usually...

I see where you're going. I'll take that under advisement. But, re-read my "new batch" test, the alk was 14.4 dkH, not 11.4. Which is one of the scary numbers with a PH testing so low, and calcium so high. Makes no sense to me. And I don't have a mag test kit yet because apparently noone has...

Carlo: At this point, I'm more concerned about the accuracy of my tests. If I could be sure my tests were correct, I would be more likely to consider dosing something. Until I can verify where my numbers are, I'm not sure I want to risk dosing something against inaccurate numbers. I haven't...

Yep. Straight Reef Crystals. Not sure what the PH out of the tap is. I do have well water, and run a whole house water softener and dual stage particulant filter because of high iron content in the water. I can drop the PH meters in the ro/di water tomorrow and see what I get. I'm also not...

Ok, tested my 5 gallon batch of water: RO/DI water testing 2-3 TDS with handheld meter Reef Crystals salt Temp: 80.2 Salinity: 1.025 Nitrate: 0 Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Calcium: 440-450 (tested twice with a result of 440 once and 450 the second time, figured I was the margin of error) Phosphate...

Thanks Kathy. I have a 5 gallon batch of fresh reef crystals made with 3 TDS RO/DI water that is "percolating" as we speak. Bringing it up to temp and letting it stay that way for a bit so that I can run some tests on it. But, I'm still not sure my problem isn't my test kits. So we shall see...

I dunno. But, how reliable are our test kits and our testing at home? They can't be any more unreliable! :) And at this point, I'm seeing such a wide range of results with different test kits, it certainly can't hurt to check them out.

I still don't know where you are getting that dollar amount from. I'm talking about using them to set a baseline to see just what testing kits I have are accurate. If you go back a bit in this thread, you will see some really odd readings taken from different test kits (and yes, I am doing the...

Where did you get $50 a month from? Even the one time test is only 34.99. The price only goes down from there.

I figure if nothing else, it will give me an idea of just how accurate my test kits are (which I seem to be ammassing quite the collection of!)

At this point, I'm seriously considering this place: http://www.aquariumwatertesting.com/ Test kits are pissing me off..

I have about 100 to 110 pounds of rock in the display. Sand bed is aesthetic only, about 2 inches total, but the sand was put in around the rock base, so like I said, 2 inches is probably being generous. The refugium is in the sump, the sump is a 20 long that probably has about 10 to 12 gallons...

That's all in the first post.

Ok, tested today at about 11:30. PH = 7.89 with the pinpoint meter Alk = 7.4dkH (2.63 meq/L) Calcium = 420-430 Phos = No detectable ammounts with test kit Salinity = 1.025 Temp = 80.3 Nitrates = still testing 100+ So it appears that the calcium is falling with each test, the alk is rising and...

Glad I could help! ;D