Water test ?

Reefhacker · Feb 7, 2012

There are a couple places out there that you can send your salt water to and they will test it and give a complete run down on what is in your water, good or bad. But for the life of me I can't think of who they are. The reason I would like to send my water out to be tested is I have had nothing but problems with my current tank keeping it healthy. I have several different nutrient export systems in place, algae turf scrubber, refugium, skimmer and bio pellets. Just when everything starts looking good the thing reaches out and bites me. My only thought is maybe there is something in the water my ro/do filter isn't able to filter something out that is in there. My water is well water. The filters etc are changed on a regular basis and it shows to be 0 tds.
I have been in this hobby/ addiction for 25+ yrs and have never been so frustrated with it. In the past I have been on city water and didn't have the kind of problems I'm having since being on well water.
Ok I'm done venting now. So if anyone has any ideas I'm listening.
Thanks in advance

shred5 · Feb 7, 2012

Aquarium Water Testing

Is this it.

Reefhacker · Feb 8, 2012

Yep I think that's the place. Thanks

kevantheman35 · Feb 15, 2012

I wonder how they test to ensure better accuracy then we get with every test kit/monitor

kevantheman35 · Feb 15, 2012

We use spectrophotometry, auto-titration, and specialized ion specific probes to deliver a level of
accuracy 100 to 1000 times greater than that of home testing
procedures.

That answers my qestion

Reefhacker · Feb 16, 2012

Sounds good, not sure I want to pay 45 bucks for one test though. What I have found out since starting this thread is that my well water is full of way to many minerals and deposits. That is why I have been fighting with this tank for so long. I am now taking my filter to work and making my water then carrying it back home. My well water has a tds of almost 400 ppm compared to 150 ppm on city water. I have fought with this tank for going on 4 yrs now and have never had so much trouble with keeping it healthy. So hopefully after some healthy water changes and good top off water this thing will turn around in the next few months. Otherwise its liable to end up at the dump, lol.