Daily nitrate and phosphate swing?
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Depending on what I have to feed and how much...
0.06-0.09 Phosphate
10.8 - 15.1 nitrate
About a week ago I 100% zeroed my N/P with carbon dosing, so still bringing the bacterial chaos into control with skimming and UV. Likely these numbers will change once the bacterial biomass is removed, but they're a good start.
0.06-0.09 Phosphate
10.8 - 15.1 nitrate
About a week ago I 100% zeroed my N/P with carbon dosing, so still bringing the bacterial chaos into control with skimming and UV. Likely these numbers will change once the bacterial biomass is removed, but they're a good start.
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How do you guys tell the difference between actual swings and testing reproducibility issues?
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You don’t, but there are swings. Best case is to assume anything within the testing error of the device is a similar number and if the trend falls outside of that then you make decisions based on the trend.
I had a thread a while ago that documented the pretty wild swings that PO4 goes through within 24 hours.
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I don't think there is ANY data available on what are acceptable and unacceptable swings on a daily basis.
It's not evident to me that even a wide swing in any concern if it happens every day.
It's not evident to me that even a wide swing in any concern if it happens every day.
