2 and a half hour testing marathon
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Quietman
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Can you summarize? I'm not watching a 2 hour anything on reef testing on YouTube, well maybe if Sela Ward was doing it (I'd watch her read an Apple warranty agreement). So if I can't even watch it, I seriously doubt I'm ever doing it.
When I first started it took me about 45 minutes to run through all the majors, down to about 25 min and my mid-week check (NO3, PO4 and Alk) is only about 12 min.
When I first started it took me about 45 minutes to run through all the majors, down to about 25 min and my mid-week check (NO3, PO4 and Alk) is only about 12 min.
OP
OP
The video isn't 2 and a half hours because I sped up many waiting, cleaning and shaking parts.
Here's the time of each test:
00:00:40 - Temperature (Seneye)
00:01:00 - CO2 Pressure (Calcium reactor)
00:01:20 - Nitrates (Salifert)
00:07:20 - Phosphates (Hanna)
00:17:55 - Salinity (Scionix and D-D refractometer)
00:22:05 - KH (Salifert)
00:25:37 - Calcium (Aquaforest)
00:30:42 - Magniesium (Aquaforest)
00:37:49 - CO2 (Bubbles per minute and Efluent of Calcium reactor)
00:39:35 - Potassium (Salifert)
00:50:07 - Strontium (Salifert)
01:26:10 - Iodine (Hanna)
01:42:30 - Iron (Hanna)
The Strontium test is traumatizing by itself.
At some point I felt like I was making one of those videos where people just count to 100.000 or recite prime numbers.
Here's the time of each test:
00:00:40 - Temperature (Seneye)
00:01:00 - CO2 Pressure (Calcium reactor)
00:01:20 - Nitrates (Salifert)
00:07:20 - Phosphates (Hanna)
00:17:55 - Salinity (Scionix and D-D refractometer)
00:22:05 - KH (Salifert)
00:25:37 - Calcium (Aquaforest)
00:30:42 - Magniesium (Aquaforest)
00:37:49 - CO2 (Bubbles per minute and Efluent of Calcium reactor)
00:39:35 - Potassium (Salifert)
00:50:07 - Strontium (Salifert)
01:26:10 - Iodine (Hanna)
01:42:30 - Iron (Hanna)
The Strontium test is traumatizing by itself.
At some point I felt like I was making one of those videos where people just count to 100.000 or recite prime numbers.
Quietman
2500 Club Member
In doing my work around the house I put a value on my time to help clarify between what I truly want to do and what I want to pay someone to do. In my case I put a $25.00/hr charge on my time...which is why I don't do yard work (ok...so it's why I tell my wife I don't do yard work...I actually just hate yard work). I think I may hate strontium, iron and iodine testing too if they take hours (even though never have done them). I'd be sending those out to help keep the economy thriving. 
Plus I dose using All For Reef 1 part. Can't think that would get too out of whack with norms too fast. If I were dosing those, I'm sure I'd put higher value on testing them.
Plus I dose using All For Reef 1 part. Can't think that would get too out of whack with norms too fast. If I were dosing those, I'm sure I'd put higher value on testing them.
OP
OP
I forgot to mention that a really important test I try to do frequently is to estimate the level of fun associated with managing the tank.
I don't have a reliable way of monitoring this value and in the case of the fun level of frequently testing trace elements, I was way off.
I don't have a reliable way of monitoring this value and in the case of the fun level of frequently testing trace elements, I was way off.
OP
OP
In doing my work around the house I put a value on my time to help clarify between what I truly want to do and what I want to pay someone to do. In my case I put a $25.00/hr charge on my time...which is why I don't do yard work (ok...so it's why I tell my wife I don't do yard work...I actually just hate yard work). I think I may hate strontium, iron and iodine testing too if they take hours (even though never have done them). I'd be sending those out to help keep the economy thriving.
Plus I dose using All For Reef 1 part. Can't think that would get too out of whack with norms too fast. If I were dosing those, I'm sure I'd put higher value on testing them.
It's a 200 gallon tank, so that solution would be too expensive.
I dose the Red Sea Color program and I found out that if I follow their instruction, everything gets out of whack.
