ICP Tests

[RichWise73]

If you get ICP tests performed on your reef tank, how often do you send out samples and which test do you prefer?

 

[gbroadbridge]

If I feel something is wrong and it's not obvious from normal home testing I may send a test to Triton.

Most time it is a waste of money as there is nothing measurably wrong.

 

[Idech]

I use Fauna Marin.

 

[Pod_01]

I try to do one every 6 weeks and I use Fauna Marin the Total ICP test.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I did one once, things seems largely as expected, and I never did another one. Here's a write up about it that I did:

My Triton Testing Results: By Randy Holmes-Farley - REEFEDITION

Recently, Triton GmbH in Germany has initiated a method of testing many ions at once for a single price. In the US, that service is coordinated by Unique Corals. For $49 they will send you a couple of tubes to collect a tank water sample, and a prepaid mailer to send the sample back to them...

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