Does anyone check their water for potassium levels?
What test kit are you using?
Hi John,
Good Question. It Brings many good things to mind.
Yes, I have dosed Potassium before. It makes Bluuuue-er Blues in your acros. And Purp-eler Purrrrr-ples too! Per this old article for coloring up yer corals. Its a great general guide.
you will have to look up the target levels for NSW concentrations and dose acordingly, more or less.
http://reefbuilders.com/2008/09/03/guide-of-sps-coral-coloration-make-them-more-vivid-bright/
It really works. I just happen to still have about 30 pounds of Potassium Chloride, from Lowes in a bucket. They sell it for a low sodium recharge salt for home water softeners. I gave Bill #1 a jug of it in the past, and he said: Wowsa! everything turned Blue! I believe the normal level of Potassium in sea water is about 390-400 PPM, similar to Calcium.
Oh , Here is another good article going back to the basics of spectrum of light, and basic chemistry for growth and coloration.
I use an old Red Sea Potassium Pro test kit. a bit complex. i think i only used it a couple times. then just reverted to adding a hand full of big chunks of KCl to the sump. its pretty tolerant of a wider range, it seems.
I Recomend adding KCl. if you want some, I’ll give you a big baggie full, next meeting.
Anybody else need some? I still have a bucket full .
now that you mentioned it. i just threw a handfull in the tanks.
What? Me worry??
I fed a pinch of banana to the tank once a week for 2 weeks now. They love it.
Thats a new one! The tangs probably like it. but not enough potassium in bannana to move the meter on tank water potassoium concentration.
Although, if YOU eat 3-4 bannanas a day for a year, your whole body count will show a spike in the Radio-isotopes of Potassium in your bones and teeth in the annual employee physical at all nuclear power plants. it will show you as a source of radiation. albeit small. Probably carbon isotopes too, if you happen to do personal carbon dosing of vodka and such on a regular basis. It Happens…
Thanks for the info Ken, interesting. I don’t need any potassium, but thanks for offering it.