Christopher Marks
Jan 23 2006, 03:36 PM
How often do you test your water parameters?
Samoyed
Jan 26 2006, 08:43 PM
QUOTE(Christopher Marks @ Jan 23 2006, 12:36 PM)

How often do you test your water parameters?
biweekly...right before every waterchange!
natrate
Feb 3 2006, 12:00 PM
Hey, there's no option for NEVER.
sr71pav
Feb 3 2006, 12:10 PM
I figure I probably do it about once a month at the moment. No problems really, and I keep up with water changes, so I don't have too much reason to be checking. Tanks only been up for about 5 months, but the only thing I've lost were some nerites that I'm guessing I didn't acclimate properly. Half died, half survived.
andykee
Feb 3 2006, 05:53 PM
only when something goes wrong, whuch has (luckilly) pretty much meant never after my cycle. I do feel guilt about this, like I should do it more often though.
rickjg
Feb 3 2006, 06:54 PM
I didn’t see a selection for
never
goldenmean
Feb 10 2006, 11:58 PM
Every two weeks, one week after partial water change
Brian5280
Feb 14 2006, 03:27 PM
I taste mine every now and then. Does that count for anything?
evoracer
Feb 14 2006, 03:35 PM
Yummy.
mikedege
Feb 14 2006, 03:48 PM
I let my corals tell me when to test. They are a great indicator of problems. So far, havent had any pproblems, but i religiously keep up on Water changes and maintenance.
-Mike
non-photosynt
May 3 2006, 07:17 AM
Daily or few times daily when adding something new, cycling or if anything goes wrong. Would like to keep live monitors to know when testing is necessary.
JGoslee
May 22 2007, 06:43 PM
I voted daily. I check salinity everyday. I check alk and calcium every other day and I check mag twice a month.
BytheSea
Nov 24 2007, 07:48 PM
I'm terrible with water testing. I test once a month, unless a coral starts looking bad.
CorvetteJoe
Jul 14 2008, 09:21 AM
Every couple months on all my tanks.
I do weekly water changes, so the water parameters NEVER change..... EVER.
I still dont have a salt water test kit though, I am trying to find out if my freshwater kit will work on it with accurate results (it works, I just don't know if its accurate or not)
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