First Triton results

siggy · May 6, 2018

I finally received my results and see a few things that need to be addressed. the Aluminum I was expecting due to 1.5 gal marine pure spheres in the tank but TIN?
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Unwanted heavy metals (85 Gallons)
Element Analysis Setpoint Deviation Warning lamp
Hg 0 µg/l 0,1 µg/l -0.10
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Se 0 µg/l 0,1 µg/l -0.10
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Cd 0 µg/l 0,1 µg/l -0.10
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Sn 2.397 µg/l 0,1 µg/l 2.30
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Sb 0 µg/l 0,1 µg/l -0.10
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As 0 µg/l 0,1 µg/l -0.10
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Al 60 µg/l 2 µg/l 58.00
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Pb 0 µg/l 0,1 µg/l -0.10
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Ti 0 µg/l 0,1 µg/l -0.10
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Cu 2.712 µg/l 0.1 µg/l 2.61
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La 0 µg/l 0.1 µg/l -0.10
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Sc 0 µg/l 0.1 µg/l -0.10
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W 0 µg/l 0.1 µg/l -0.10
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Macro-Elements (85 Gallons)
Element Analysis Setpoint Deviation Warning lamp
Na 10764 mg/l 10700 mg/l 64.00
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Ca 511 mg/l 440 mg/l 71.00
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Mg 1441 mg/l 1370 mg/l 71.00
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K 388 mg/l 400 mg/l -12.00
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Br 53 mg/l 62 mg/l -9.00
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B 3.819 mg/l 4,5 mg/l -0.68
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Sr 7.382 mg/l 8 mg/l -0.62
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S 915 mg/l 900 mg/l 15.00
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Li-Group (85 Gallons)
Element Analysis Setpoint Deviation Warning lamp
Li 251 µg/l 200 µg/l 51.00
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Ni 0 µg/l 5 µg/l -5.00
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Mo 8.274 µg/l 12 µg/l -3.73
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I-Group (85 Gallons)
Element Analysis Setpoint Deviation Warning lamp
V 3.554 µg/l 1,2 µg/l 2.35
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Zn 0 µg/l 4 µg/l -4.00
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Mn 0 µg/l 2 µg/l -2.00
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I 18 µg/l 60 µg/l -42.00
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Fe-Group (85 Gallons)
Element Analysis Setpoint Deviation Warning lamp
Cr 0 µg/l 0,1 µg/l -0.10
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Co 0 µg/l 0,1 µg/l -0.10
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Fe 0 µg/l 0,1 µg/l -0.10
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Ba-Group (85 Gallons)
Element Analysis Setpoint Deviation Warning lamp
Ba 12 µg/l 10 µg/l 2.00
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Be 0 µg/l 0,1 µg/l -0.10
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Si-Group (85 Gallons)
Element Analysis Setpoint Deviation Warning lamp
Si 159 µg/l 100 µg/l 59.00
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Nutrient-Group (85 Gallons)
Element Analysis Setpoint Deviation Warning lamp
P 147 µg/l 6 µg/l 141.00
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PO4 0.44982 mg/l 0.01836 mg/l 0.432
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siggy · May 6, 2018

Randy Holmes-Farley · May 6, 2018

The tin might not be high enough to be a problem. A lot of people have some, and it might even come from PVC or the glass itself.

Unless you are having coral or invert issues, I wouldn't panic, but some folks have founds things like a polyfilter or metasorb may help.

Randy Holmes-Farley · May 6, 2018

How are you supplementing calcium and alkalinity? Calcium is a bit high and I might let it decline a bit.

siggy · May 6, 2018

I have always had High calcium, at first I thought it was due to a bad salt batch but after 3 different salts it the same . The only difference from most tanks is that I have 75% puka shell base. I use kalk in my top off and I am finally ready to dose triton and the reason for this test. I do have a BRS kit mixed, should i just dose alk and see ?
Thanks

Randy Holmes-Farley · May 6, 2018

siggy said:
I have always had High calcium, at first I thought it was due to a bad salt batch but after 3 different salts it the same . The only difference from most tanks is that I have 75% puka shell base. I use kalk in my top off and I am finally ready to dose triton and the reason for this test. I do have a BRS kit mixed, should i just dose alk and see ?
Thanks

Limewater/kalkwasser will very slowly raise calcium relative to alkalinity. I used it for 20 years, so its not a bad choice, but I chose to use a lower calcium salt mix (normal IO) to offset the issue.