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What Do I Achieve With ICP Testing for Saltwater Aquariums?
Vitamins and minerals: important for bodies and corals. Do you believe that our bodies require, among many others, vitamins, and minerals to function properly? Are you aware of the help that vitamins and minerals give to your body to repair cellular…
What Do ICP Water Tests and Smoke Detectors Have in Common?
We are literally surrounded by alarms, alerts, sounds, flashes of light, icons, badges, and messages from an omnipresent orchestra of devices that have become almost inseparable from our daily lives.
Is Fluorine an Essential Element?
I’ve been adding my results to the Captiv8 spreadsheet and noticed that Fluoride I have to leave blank. I understand that not all the ICP testing measures this.
How to Read the Results of Your ICP-OES Water Test from "The ICP Lab"
While we will be the first to admit that we love to dive deep into the details of ICP-OES analysis of seawater just for fun, we don’t lose sight of the fact that ICP-OES testing is an important part of reaching your reefing goals and a valuable tool…
Download Feature: Richly Formatted Report, and Unformatted Raw Data
One feature that has been more frequently requested by our customers is the ability to download ICP test results from the Reef Labs user portal. Since we launched the website, we have received a variety of different requests covering a wide range of…
Arsenic in My ICP-OES Water Test Results. Where Is It Coming From?
Hello Bill, I understand you called inquiring about potential sources of arsenic (As) in your water samples. Unfortunately, arsenic is a common contaminant.
What Numbers Should I "Chase" When Performing ICP Water Test?
The short answer is "none". For a more detailed explanation, watch what Gene thinks about it. Gene Diveglia talks to Bob G. "Mr. Reef Safe" about Reef Labs ICP water test.
Phosphorus and Phosphate in Saltwater Aquarium
Dear Andrew, We measure phosphorus (P) in the ICP test. The calculated value for phosphate (PO4) assumes that all phosphorus is in the form of phosphate.
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