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02-20-2007, 07:30 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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Hello fellow reefers!!!
Do any of you test other than the basics as far as water parameters are concerned? By this I mean testing for Carbon dioxide, Dissolved oxygen, magnesium, silica, iron or residual ozone?  _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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02-20-2007, 07:44 PM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: St. Louis
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Not really.
I actually consider Magnesium as an important test kit but I used to have so much coralline that sucked it out of the water like there was no tomorrow. Remember, Magnesium is a Major Element in NSW and is a bigger part of it than even Calcium is.
I do own a Dissolved Oxygen test but it's not really used.
I could care less about CO2....my pH level will tell me if my skimmer is offgassing enough CO2.
Silica....if I'm not getting diatoms, I don't care.
Iron....if I'm not getting microalgaes, I don't care.
Ozone....I don't use it so I don't need to test for any residuals. _________ Curt  | |
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02-20-2007, 09:02 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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i test for fe (iron) . dont really understand what the element iron is for in the aquarium could you shed some light on that at all coral reefer.  _________ 4x24w T5ho 135ltr/35gal marine cube 15kg of liverock Mandarin Goby, Zoanthids(orange and yellow) Hammer coral , red and blue coralmorphs.  Got Questions? Need Answers?
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02-20-2007, 09:20 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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Iron is beneficial for macroalgae growth. However if you dose to much you end up spurring microalgae! Iron is a component of the cytochrome molecule, and is used by zooxanthellae, and algae. Iron defficiency will lower the rate of photosynthesis! Alkalinity will bring down the amount of iron in your water. | |
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02-21-2007, 04:02 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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I test for Magnesium and I used to test for free Ozone but after first 10 yrs and never finding any I stopped that as for TDO I do test that when I first set up a tank and once I get the air dialed in then its not tested again.. But then the ozone in the skimmer keeps that saturated as well. I have never found free 0'3 even if I used a air stone in a drinking glass and 200 MHz pumping into it. Its a wasted test I think I have used 0'3 since 1972 and have yet ever to find any using every test kit or monitor out there over the yrs. Also the animals with iron based hemoglobin based blood uptake the iron . I know this from somewhere ???? hahahah Its filed under and in the usless Carp folder in my people brain Not my computer one .. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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02-21-2007, 06:34 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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I also test for magnesium regularly. Like inwall i consider it important.
Marc. _________ 
20Gal, 45 lbs LR, 65W PC 10 000K + 65W PC 20 000K + 10Gal sump/fuge
Livestock :hermit and snails, Green star polyps, Button polyps, Finger leather, Xenia, Zoanthids, Mushrooms, Yellow polyps, montipora digitata, acropora, ?mistery polyps?, mistery crab, six line wrasse | |
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