So for the past few months I've been battling low KCL levels, under 300 and at one point around 179. I have been sending water samples twice a month to AWT and the highest its been is 289. I thought my levels were okay using sailfert and red sea kcl tests ( greater than 350) . There have been numerous threads on RC about the inaccuracy of AWT testing but I think there current testing method is sound. I dont trust the test kits I've been using so far.
Why test KCL? There seems to be a lot debate about it and most say water changes can make up for it but I'm convinced that 1. its important and 2. that dosing it can help reach natural sea water levels of 400ppm. I've noticed better growth and less burnt tips while dosing it. I mean there are a lot of variables that could be helping too but I'm sure keeping my levels of KCL up is one of them.
I'm currently using NOW brank KCL from iherb.com, its fairly cheap, at $4.50 a bottle and 7.2 grams of can raise 100gallons around 10ppm. I'm going to be sending more frequent samples to AWT over the next few weeks to make sure I'm getting my levels raised and also to see what I'm using up. Steve garret suggested that I shouldn't worry so much about overshooting and that he keeps is KCL around 500 but I'll take it slow and post my results.
Please let me know if anyone has experience with dosing and testing KCL.
thanks
Why test KCL? There seems to be a lot debate about it and most say water changes can make up for it but I'm convinced that 1. its important and 2. that dosing it can help reach natural sea water levels of 400ppm. I've noticed better growth and less burnt tips while dosing it. I mean there are a lot of variables that could be helping too but I'm sure keeping my levels of KCL up is one of them.
I'm currently using NOW brank KCL from iherb.com, its fairly cheap, at $4.50 a bottle and 7.2 grams of can raise 100gallons around 10ppm. I'm going to be sending more frequent samples to AWT over the next few weeks to make sure I'm getting my levels raised and also to see what I'm using up. Steve garret suggested that I shouldn't worry so much about overshooting and that he keeps is KCL around 500 but I'll take it slow and post my results.
Please let me know if anyone has experience with dosing and testing KCL.
thanks