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View Poll Results: Do you care and/or test for Potassium? | |||
I don't care about K | 30 | 57.69% | |
I kinda care and test sometimes | 14 | 26.92% | |
I test and adjust to some number that lets me sleep better at night | 8 | 15.38% | |
Voters: 52. You may not vote on this poll |
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Potassium - Who cares?
Keep hearing grumblings about potassium levels and we should test it.
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Our LPS system barely consumes any potassium.
Our SPS system consumes 1L every 3 weeks of a fully saturated potassium chloride mix. It's very important IMO.
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I tested once or twice but always been good, I would bet that part c of tropic marin balling is the reason why
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I guess for me, I've never cared, wouldn't know what it should be and never felt my tank was lacking anything. I'll continue not caring
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Your total disregard really does work well though
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I like it, gives me time for other things
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LPS system - don't care. SPS system - test and dose regularly.
It's similar to Magnesium in that it doesn't usually need to be dosed daily if you're doing weekly waterchanges. If you add a bit extra to the waterchange water then it rides ok for the week. I noticed a big difference in blues/purples when I started dosing in my old SPS system. |
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Yep. I dose and check once or twice a month. Since there are enough research done by the experts sometimes you have to trust them. I've dosed and I like the colours I had when I dosed. To be its like taking vitamins, you don't see the immediate effects but it pays off in the long run. With that being said, just cause I do doesn't mean you have to or need to as each tank is different. If you like the results continue to do so. If not, stop and save your money.
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Didn't pick an answer because I don't know the answer, never tested but wondering if I should.
When I looked into it years ago, the K test was based on turbidity and hard to read. Is there an accurate and easy-to-use potassium test available nowadays?
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