Potassium test kit

[Marek-S]

I was just wonder what everybody use this days to test potassium ?
I liked Salifert test - easy and quick , but they are not available anymore !!!
I did try to use the Red Sea , but it takes forever !!! , didn't really like it and didn't really try any other tests ---- I'm just curious if somebody else did ?

 

[vio]

I was just wonder what everybody use this days to test potassium ?
I liked Salifert test - easy and quick , but they are not available anymore !!!
I did try to use the Red Sea , but it takes forever !!! , didn't really like it and didn't really try any other tests ---- I'm just curious if somebody else did ?

I got the same problem, i can find Salifert, i got also Red Sea (pain in the neck) i see Elos but i don't like it, very confuse the colors.

 

[skunkcleaner]

Red Sea as well really is a big pain

 

[Marek-S]

Wonder why Salifert discontinued those test ,
maybe they will come up with something new
Anybody know anything ?

 

[duromega]

Wonder why Salifert discontinued those test ,
maybe they will come up with something new
Anybody know anything ?

I'm also wondering why ...

 

[ReefBum]

I have never tested for potassium. I just test for nitrates, phosphates, alkalinity and calcium.

 

[jackson6745]

I have never tested for potassium. I just test for nitrates, phosphates, alkalinity and calcium.

I never saw a difference in SPS no matter what my levels were.

 

[skunkcleaner]

Running Zeovit it's pretty important supplement .. Needle wheel skimmers strip the water of potassium . Also magnesium is important to test for

 

[vio]

I see a dif. when Potassium level go down (330 ppm or even 350 ppm) in special when use cheap salt ( low in Potassium ) that the reason i stick w/ESV ( around 400 ppm), blue is NOT the same Blue, Purple is NOT the same Purple , etc. i can see a way better color just by have it 400-410 ppm Potassium ( like NW salt). Zeovit is dif. i guess the Zeolite Rocks strip a lot of K.

 

[skunkcleaner]

With Zeovit they say it's the needle wheel skimmers .. People running Zeovit with Beckett style skimmers don't have the problem with potassium being stripped from the water

 

[vio]

With Zeovit they say it's the needle wheel skimmers .. People running Zeovit with Beckett style skimmers don't have the problem with potassium being stripped from the water

You maybe right. C/P from Zeovit forum.




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If the concentration in the salt mx you use is low already it will be difficult to keep the level stabile. Would recommend you to check the concentration of your salt. Another problem from my experiences are overrated needle wheel simmers which do remove potassium. To be really sure it might also make sense to cross check your potassium test kit with a different one.

Anyways if your corals are doing fine, showing good growth and color I would just dose some potassium from time to time.

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[vio]

I may try Fauna Marine Test, i find this Video, that guy looks like he use the first time in his life the hands. lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVA6YPSCOpc