Testing?

[TonyT]

I am craeating an excele sheet to track my parameters and was curious what all everyone is testing in their tanks. Here are the params I am testing so far: Salinity, Temp, PH, Ammonia, Nitrites, Nitrates, Calcium, Carbonate, and Phosphates. Is there anything else I should be monitoring?

Thanks,
TonyT

 

[thewackyreefer]

Magnesium is also important.

 

[RBursek]

If your Mg is low it is hard to get and keep Ca levels up where they be long.

 

[beaslbob]

in a mature tank ammonia, nitrIte, will be 0. Nitrate and phosphate also but have to monitored longer to get to that point.

I hope by carbonate you mean alk which is important. So monitor that with calcium and magnesium. Actually alk is one of the easiest tests to conduct especially when compared to calcium and magnesium


my .02

 

[TonyT]

Very kewl guys. I appreciate the .02. Tank has only been up about 3 month or so. My main thing right now is to rid it of the hair algae. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

TonyT