| Great thread!!
I test salinity every morning.
pH at least once a day
Ca & alk weekly
Mg about once a month
Nitrates & phosphates every ten days (just before I do a water change)
and
got an ORP monitor for Xmas, and check that a couple of times a day (mainly to see how it changes, after feeding or using the magnet on the sides of the tank, etc.). I just use it to monitor general water quality. I cleaned out the fine silt from my sump the other day and ORP went up 10 points. Every time I clean my skimmer it goes up. It's been a great because I get visual encouragement for every little maintainance job I do. |