Salifert Strontium Test

[hawkinsrgk]

Does anybody here test Strontium with the Salifert test kit?

I have a hard time being able to distinguish the difference between blue and blue.

 

[hawkinsrgk]

Salifert replied to my post in the chemistry forum and is going to take pictures at various stages of the test. How cool is that?

 

[Fieryfrog]

I have never tested my Strontium before.

 

[hawkinsrgk]

Hopefully I will get the hang of it after salifert gives me some direction

 

[PedroYoung]

I always had the same problem with all the phosphate tests.

 

[hawkinsrgk]

I have never had a reading for phosphate so I finally stopped testing for it

 

[hawkinsrgk]

Well after all of the testing, re-testing and getting directions/snapshots from Salifert I was finally able to test Strontium. My Strontium is 10 ppm. :mad:

So Strontium is ok. I would have felt much better if it would have been 6 and I needed to dose something.

 

[Chameleon]

Glad to hear its in check. Have you tested your potassium?

 

[hawkinsrgk]

Glad to hear its in check. Have you tested your potassium?

Yea, It's at 424 as of last Wednesday. Potassium stays fairly solid for me. I check it every other week and dose about 1/16 of a cup of Potassium Chloride powder whenever it gets below 400. That seems to happen about every 2 months. In total I have dosed 8oz (227g) of Potassium Chloride in approximately a year and a half.

 

[hawkinsrgk]

Guess I should have said 1 tablespoon

 

[Seth401]

Randy what are you using to test potassium?

 

[hawkinsrgk]

Red Sea. When my reagent ran out about a month ago I tried to find a Salifert kit but couldn't find one. Main reason is that I have a hard time between purple and blue