Who tests their water-change mix?

[shrimpchips]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

you can adjust Mg, Alk, and Ca once in the tank.

Why wait till it's in the tank? I know my parameters are dead on at Ca 420, Alk 7.5, Mg 1300, so I adjust the WC water before it goes in - why have swings, even if they are small when you can avoid them by doing the same thing in the bucket first.


SG I forget stupidly to check surprisingly often though....like today for example. I just remembered 12 hours after the fact that I forgot to check ONLY the sg. Stupid.

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by shrimpchips

Why wait till it's in the tank? I know my parameters are dead on at Ca 420, Alk 7.5, Mg 1300, so I adjust the WC water before it goes in - why have swings, even if they are small when you can avoid them by doing the same thing in the bucket first.


SG I forget stupidly to check surprisingly often though....like today for example. I just remembered 12 hours after the fact that I forgot to check ONLY the sg. Stupid.

Cuz I usaly don't have to adjust Ca, Mg, or Alk as the Ca reactor and Kalk reactor take care of them. and I know IO is real close to what I want so I only need to adjust Mg once and a blue moon.

[shrimpchips]

Ah, makes sense. But if you have larger changes to make, I'd certainly do it in the mixing vessel first. My salt required me to adjust the Ca (separate additive), so it has to be done out of the tank first.

[BlueAbyss]

I just realized I haven't tested pH in a VERY long time... I think my testing schedule needs an overhaul.