Strontium Test
Manufactured by Salifert
Strontium plays an important role by accelerating coral and calcareous algae growth. NSW contains approx. 7 9 mg/L strontium. Since the growth of corals and calcareous algae goes hand in hand with strontium and calcium depletion, depletion of calcium usually means depletion of strontium as well.
It is advisable to maintain a strontium concentration between 5 and 20 mg/L.
Strontium measurement is a necessity but is unfortunately a relatively difficult test. Perhaps in forthcoming years this will change when newer and easier methods for strontium measurement will become available. It therefore is a test, which many hobbyists will not conduct frequent enough.
The Salifert strontium test kit detects both ionically free and moderately complexed strontium. Salifert was the first to introduce a strontium test kit.
Approx. 25 tests per kit. Measures in approx. 5 ppm increments