Water Analysis Record Keeping
If you’re going spend several minutes every day testing your saltwater aquariums water then its recommended to record down the data. This is a good practice which will allow you to evaluate trends in your water quality. Jot down the info in a notebook then in future transfer the data to your laptop to create [...]
Water Analysis Testing Technique
Even the most expensive water analysis test kits will not good results if used incorrectly, the most common mistakes is the contaminate of the test tube which collects the water, which will cause inaccurate results.
Following a few simple procedures will help ensure that the tests will be performed as accurately as possible.
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Choosing your Water Analysis Kit
We have discussed the water analysis and how often to test our aquarium water, Now we look at choosing your water analysis kit.
For most purposes a highly accurate test kit is not necessary. For example ammonia, one needs to know only if it is present at all, not the precise amount, since any amount of [...]
Water Analysis – How Often?
Proper marine aquarium management and maintenance requires periodic testing which is carried out by means of water analysis. This can be done by selecting good test kits and using them properly is an important skill for all of us. Two methods are chemical tests or we can use electronic instruments for fast, accurate assessments of [...]
Iodine In Marine Aquariums
The hobbyist literature contains numerous references to the benefits of adding Iodine to the marine aquarium. Iodine is found in natural seawater at concentration of 0.06mg/L, in our saltwater aquariums it removed by protein skimming and by activated carbon filtration.
The Iodine is essential to many fishes and invertebrates, for example certain corals that pulsing movement [...]
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