ICP-Analysis Test Result

[Tonii]

Good evening guys,

I just received my first ICP test results but besides the calcium and magnesium I have no idea what everything else is or at what levels they should be at. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Gareth elliott]

Nothing really pops as being out of line to me.

 

[Tonii]

Nothing really pops as being out of line to me.

Cool thanks.

 

[Tonii]

What about the CI chlorine? It’s showing 18573.82ppm. Seems very high but I only use RODI water.

 

[Gareth elliott]

What about the CI chlorine? It’s showing 18573.82ppm. Seems very high but I only use RODI water.

Its the Chlorine from the NaCl perfectly fine. Not the same as Calcium hypochlorite or chlorine disinfectant.

 

[zip70]

looking good

 

[Tonii]

Its the Chlorine from the NaCl perfectly fine. Not the same as Calcium hypochlorite or chlorine disinfectant.

Oh ok. I was starting to worry.

 

[Doctorgori]

not sure if this semi dumb question warrants its own thread or not.....
would it be of any value to test the skimmate in tandem ? On the one hand I can see it not mattering since the gunk is mostly organics...but OTOH since I've witnessed unhappy corals in over skimmer tanks I wonder if its possible the drill down side effect is actually be some base element depletion vs a more complex nutritional molecular thing

 

[Big E]

Potassium should be 400

 

[Gareth elliott]

not sure if this semi dumb question warrants its own thread or not.....
would it be of any value to test the skimmate in tandem ? On the one hand I can see it not mattering since the gunk is mostly organics...but OTOH since I've witnessed unhappy corals in over skimmer tanks I wonder if its possible the drill down side effect is actually be some base element depletion vs a more complex nutritional molecular thing

The organics that are removed are going to mainly long chain carbon molecules. The results given by icp is going to simply list the elements found. Which is of little utility when as example b12 is C63H88CoN14O14P. you would not even be able to differentiate what was removed. only that there was more carbon most likely in the skimmer cup than the aquarium itself.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

not sure if this semi dumb question warrants its own thread or not.....
would it be of any value to test the skimmate in tandem ? On the one hand I can see it not mattering since the gunk is mostly organics...but OTOH since I've witnessed unhappy corals in over skimmer tanks I wonder if its possible the drill down side effect is actually be some base element depletion vs a more complex nutritional molecular thing

People have tested skimmate. I'm not sure what you do with the answer expect see what is removed by skimming.

 

[Doctorgori]

The organics that are removed are going to mainly long chain carbon molecules. The results given by icp is going to simply list the elements found. Which is of little utility when as example b12 is C63H88CoN14O14P. you would not even be able to differentiate what was removed. only that there was more carbon most likely in the skimmer cup than the aquarium itself.

People have tested skimmate. I'm not sure what you do with the answer expect see what is removed by skimming.

yeah I was thinking that^ also...sorta like saying "unobtanium" is low but so what... basically= almost meaningless
...but my thinking was that say you noticed your ICP has a element that trends lower than NSW and when the skimmer isn't run that "low" element is now present in higher numbers. Wondering if you could narrow the source of depletion between "over skimming" or biological processes? .... relevance depending on that base element being a known critical element to biology(s)
...pardon and thread derailment