Please someone read this for me... PHOSPHATE API

ddhonwyn · 07/29/2016, 10:15 AM

SOrry I cant ready it properly... What is the correct reading on this?

Tia

heathlindner25 · 07/29/2016, 10:18 AM

With API ,any color other than yellow is to high.

ddhonwyn · 07/29/2016, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by heathlindner25

With API ,any color other than yellow is to high.

So you mean this result is not acceptable to reef aquaria?

mcgyvr · 07/29/2016, 10:27 AM

.6275

Too high.. get to work..

mcgyvr · 07/29/2016, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ddhonwyn

So you mean this result is not acceptable to reef aquaria?

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/

ddhonwyn · 07/29/2016, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by mcgyvr

.6275

Too high.. get to work..

Glad to know that and thinks for the link...

heathlindner25 · 07/29/2016, 11:04 AM

Your trying to find a number that's lower than API can detect, get a better low range kit.

xCry0x · 07/29/2016, 11:14 AM

I personally check phosphate based on a scale of if algae is growing on my rocks or not.

Algae isn't going to grow much w/o phosphate, if algae is growing I don't need a test to tell me what is going on.

illjoshlli · 07/29/2016, 11:57 AM

Until you see yellow, you're too high. Once you see yellow, you need a low range kit. You want to be < .02 ( generally)

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Jon0807 · 07/29/2016, 10:46 PM

I agree, with an API test, if it's not yellow, then you have a phosphate problem no matter what tint green it is.

CStrickland · 07/29/2016, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by heathlindner25

Your trying to find a number that's lower than API can detect, get a better low range kit.

This
You're putting an oven thermometer in the window to tell you the temp outside.

edolan · 07/30/2016, 01:44 AM

If you can I would suggest getting your water tested at lfs or buying a better test kit. I was testing my water for phosphate with api and when I held the vial up to the light it would be yellow but when I held it up to the white background next to the color samples it would have a green hue to it. Very hard to read.

So I took some water to my lfs and they tested it with a salifert test kit and my water came up with about .03

The guy at my lfs store also told me salifert is selling their kits direct through Amazon now at very good prices.

07/29/2016, 10:15 AM	#1
ddhonwyn Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 89	Please someone read this for me... PHOSPHATE API SOrry I cant ready it properly... What is the correct reading on this? Tia

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mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	.6275 Too high.. get to work.. __________________ Who me?

07/29/2016, 10:18 AM	#2
heathlindner25 Moved On Join Date: May 2012 Location: flowery branch georgia Posts: 3,644	With API ,any color other than yellow is to high.

07/29/2016, 11:04 AM	#7
heathlindner25 Moved On Join Date: May 2012 Location: flowery branch georgia Posts: 3,644	Your trying to find a number that's lower than API can detect, get a better low range kit.

07/29/2016, 11:14 AM	#8
xCry0x Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Martinez, CA Posts: 1,116	I personally check phosphate based on a scale of if algae is growing on my rocks or not. Algae isn't going to grow much w/o phosphate, if algae is growing I don't need a test to tell me what is going on.

07/29/2016, 11:57 AM	#9
illjoshlli Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 339	Until you see yellow, you're too high. Once you see yellow, you need a low range kit. You want to be < .02 ( generally) Sent from my SM-G928V using Tapatalk

07/29/2016, 10:46 PM	#10
Jon0807 Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 293	I agree, with an API test, if it's not yellow, then you have a phosphate problem no matter what tint green it is.

07/30/2016, 01:44 AM	#12
edolan Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 169	If you can I would suggest getting your water tested at lfs or buying a better test kit. I was testing my water for phosphate with api and when I held the vial up to the light it would be yellow but when I held it up to the white background next to the color samples it would have a green hue to it. Very hard to read. So I took some water to my lfs and they tested it with a salifert test kit and my water came up with about .03 The guy at my lfs store also told me salifert is selling their kits direct through Amazon now at very good prices.