Water params

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  1. nahkyla

    nahkyla Astrea Snail

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    How often do you check your water params.....
     
    nahkyla, Jan 24, 2012
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  2. Thatgrimguy

    Thatgrimguy Flying Squid

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    Early on in a new tank I check weekly. After about a year or so when everything levels out and I better understand my tank I drop it to roughly monthly or when something seems off.
     
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  3. Todd_Sails

    Todd_Sails Giant Squid

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    About monthly, My tank is about 8 months up and running.

    I don't dose or spot feed anything either. Well, I do spot feed my anenomes ~ weekly.

    See my DTvid in the sig please
     
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  4. pgoodsell

    pgoodsell Horrid Stonefish

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    every other day during the cycle, then I go to once a week unless I notice something is off in the tank.
     
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  5. Astrick117

    Astrick117 Stylophora

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    About once per month unless something seems "off". Then I test and correct if needed.
     
    Astrick117, Jan 27, 2012
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  6. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    In my established tank

    I test Calcium and Alkalinity weekly, to make sure my dosing is keeping up with demand as my corals grow ( and to be honest to make sure my doser has been behaving itself )

    I test Mag monthly, as I keep it close to 1450 and it lowers very, very slowly

    I stopped testing phosphate, because I assume it is present and run GFO and change it monthly ( when I eventually get the Hannah checker I will probably test again to see )
    I would test phosphate again if I noticed an increase in algae

    I would only test Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate now, if things do not seem right

    I test SG weekly prior to water change and also test new water as I have made it

    I can monitor PH on a daily basis with my PH probe and monitor (permenent resident)

    I can monitor temperature on a daily basis using the visible read out from my chiller


    Steve
     
    steve wright, Jan 28, 2012
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