djmpj2
Aquarium Advice Freak
I have been complaining on this forum about the brown algae (diatoms) taking over my tank lately.
I ordered the Salifert Silicate test and it came today. I tested my tank water and the results were 3ppm (as dark blue as you can get). From the instructions with the test, it sounds like that is bad! Here is what it says:
"Avoid using tap water or RO water which contains more than 2 ppm as dissolved silicon. In marine water the dissolved silicon contest should be below the detection limit of this test"
We ONLY use the salt water from the LFS. They make it there on the premises. No other water has ever gone in our tank.
So, I test the water directly from the store and got the SAME result. 3ppm silicate. Is it possible the store is selling salt water full of silicates or am I doing something wrong/ reading results incorrectly?
Other parameters:
Our parameters are all consistently great. (ammonia: 0, PH 8.3, Nitrite: 0 , Nitrates: 0, temp 80F, Salinity: 1.022. ).
Feeding once daily. 2 MaxiJet1200 power heads going. We run our lights about 11 hours a day.
DJ
I ordered the Salifert Silicate test and it came today. I tested my tank water and the results were 3ppm (as dark blue as you can get). From the instructions with the test, it sounds like that is bad! Here is what it says:
"Avoid using tap water or RO water which contains more than 2 ppm as dissolved silicon. In marine water the dissolved silicon contest should be below the detection limit of this test"
We ONLY use the salt water from the LFS. They make it there on the premises. No other water has ever gone in our tank.
So, I test the water directly from the store and got the SAME result. 3ppm silicate. Is it possible the store is selling salt water full of silicates or am I doing something wrong/ reading results incorrectly?
Other parameters:
Our parameters are all consistently great. (ammonia: 0, PH 8.3, Nitrite: 0 , Nitrates: 0, temp 80F, Salinity: 1.022. ).
Feeding once daily. 2 MaxiJet1200 power heads going. We run our lights about 11 hours a day.
DJ