Red Sea Testing

rlrgirl04 · May 8, 2015

Hello all! I've had my Red Sea SW 37g for a while, mostly only concentrating on fish. Over the last year I've converted over to mostly reef so I'm pretty new to the reef world. I usually have the water tested at a local fish store that I've been going to since purchasing the tank, but I want to learn more and start taking care of everything myself. My corals are doing very well, they just aren't progressing in my opinion. I have the Red Sea Reed Foundation Pro Ca/Alk/Mg Multi Test Kit, but this is all Greek to me. Can someone please simplify the process? Thanks!

acolotto · May 8, 2015

not be rude but its as simple as it gets already. Just follow the instructions or if you have a more specific question maybe someone could give a better response. There is no tricks to it just do what the cards with the pictures tell you or follow the instruction in the booklet

If its proper parameters your looking this is a good reference
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/

glb · May 8, 2015

rlrgirl04 said:
Hello all! I've had my Red Sea SW 37g for a while, mostly only concentrating on fish. Over the last year I've converted over to mostly reef so I'm pretty new to the reef world. I usually have the water tested at a local fish store that I've been going to since purchasing the tank, but I want to learn more and start taking care of everything myself. My corals are doing very well, they just aren't progressing in my opinion. I have the Red Sea Reed Foundation Pro Ca/Alk/Mg Multi Test Kit, but this is all Greek to me. Can someone please simplify the process? Thanks!

I'd look up you tube videos of people performing the tests. There's a lot of those out there that are very helpful. For what it's worth, I found the Red Sea pro mg test to be extremely tedious. IMO they're not the easiest of the tests I've tried. Good luck!