to test your water tests under real conditions
With the Fauna Marin Multi-Reference Solution it is possible to test your water tests under real conditions. The solution is not made from fresh water, but the ion spectrum has been adapted according to the test media, the salts and elements are similar in proportion and concentration to sea water.
The 100 ml solution is stable and combines all these values in one solution:
- Calcium 422 mg / l
- Magnesium 1315 mg / l
- Potassium/potassium 409 mg/l
- Salinity 35 psu / 53.0 mS (25° C)
- dKH 6.6 / 2.35 meq/l
- Strontium 8 mg/l
- Nitrate 10 mg/l
- PO4 0.2 mg/l
Checking your own hobby water tests is useful if:
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a new test was purchased.
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unexpected measured values may occur.
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Tests have been stored for a long time after opening.
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the shelf life is coming to an end.
The measurement is carried out normally using the sterile reference solution. The measured value is compared with the reference solution and put into a ratio. This ratio is the correction value for the normal measurements with the aquarium water.
- Example:
- The measurement of the reference solution with a magnesium test results in: 1000 mg/l
- However, the reference solution contains: 1314 mg/l
- The ratio is: 1314 mg/l : 1000 mg/l = 1.314
- This correction factor is noted on the magnesium test.
- A later measurement with this magnesium test shows the pool water to be 1300 mg/l
- Calculation: 1300 mg/l * 1.314 = 1708.2 mg/l