Testing water

[Sharkbait-huhaha]

Ok, not going to lie. I had that "What if" pondering all yesterday and this morning. So after 202 days of not checking my Alk, I borrowed a friends to check it out.

This is what I got:
reading in ml 0.52, KH value in dKH 7.3
I did a 10% WC yesterday morning, and about 2 weeks off from a 30% WC.



And you guys are all right, it all took but 2 minutes to achieve this test.

[Potatohead]

I think someone mentioned earlier, this is basically asking if you keep SPS ( mainly acros) or not. If you have a softie or even LPS tank you can likely get away with water changes and likely never having to dose, unless you have a bunch of coralline or something. With a bunch of SPS though you can quite literally lose everything by having your doser stop working and you discover it 24 hours (or even less) later.

[tang daddy]

Originally Posted by Sharkbait-huhaha

Ok, not going to lie. I had that "What if" pondering all yesterday and this morning. So after 202 days of not checking my Alk, I borrowed a friends to check it out.

This is what I got:
reading in ml 0.52, KH value in dKH 7.3
I did a 10% WC yesterday morning, and about 2 weeks off from a 30% WC.



And you guys are all right, it all took but 2 minutes to achieve this test.

Lol good for you buddy, now go and buy an alk tester and at bare minimum test ever week.
If you're using IO salt the alk is usually higher like 9-9.5 so this helps raise your alk abit in smaller WC.

With the salifert I can do test in under 30 seconds. And I usually try and test every Friday morning at 11am when the lights are out.

[DKoKoMan]

Awesome to hear that you tested and everything is good'

[Bblinks]

Originally Posted by Sharkbait-huhaha

Ok, not going to lie. I had that "What if" pondering all yesterday and this morning. So after 202 days of not checking my Alk, I borrowed a friends to check it out.

This is what I got:
reading in ml 0.52, KH value in dKH 7.3
I did a 10% WC yesterday morning, and about 2 weeks off from a 30% WC.



And you guys are all right, it all took but 2 minutes to achieve this test.

Do you moisturize? Your hand looks very soft and manicured....just saying...

[Sharkbait-huhaha]

Originally Posted by Bblinks

Do you moisturize? Your hand looks very soft and manicured....just saying...

Lmao I don't know what to say to that..

[Animal-Chin]

Its a simple yes or no answer, moisterize or not? Lol

[Sharkbait-huhaha]

I actually work in construction. I use O'Keeffe's Working Hands Hand Cream after a work day. So, yes.

[Bblinks]

Originally Posted by Sharkbait-huhaha

I actually work in construction. I use O'Keeffe's Working Hands Hand Cream after a work day. So, yes.

LMFAO!!! Thanks for the lunch hour comedy break.

[jason604]

Alright so after about a year of not testing my water I decided to also just do one for the hell of it. And certainly not to any suprise, my parameters are normal. Alk 7 and cal 400