ICP

TRITON analyses a comprehensive suite of macro and trace elements crucial to healthy function of your reef system:
Sodium (Na), Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg), Potassium (K), Strontium (Sr), Boron (B), Bromine (Br), Sulphur (S), Lithium (Li), Beryllium (Be), Barium (Ba), Titanium (Ti), Vanadium (V), Chromium (Cr), Manganese (Mn), Iron (Fe), Cobalt (Co), Nickel (Ni), Copper (Cu), Zinc (Zn), Aluminium (Al), Silicon (Si), Arsenic (As), Antimony (Sb), Tin (Sn), Cadmium (Cd), Selenium (Se), Molybdenum (Mo), Mercury (Hg), Phosphorus (P), Phosphate (PO4), Lead (Pb), Iodine (I), Tungsten (W), Scandium (Sc), Lanthanum (La).

By using TRITON ICP-OES lab testing not only do you receive valuable information which helps your own aquarium, your results also contribute to the world’s largest study of closed seawater systems. TRITON uses this database to understand and model seawater which in turn comes back to aquarists as advice and revolutionary new products and services such as CORE7.

ICP Test Results @ 2020
  SPS
Outer Reef
01/2020 06/2020 07/2020 10/2020
Macro Elements
Na (mg/l) 10650 10428 10435 10044 🡅
Ca (mg/l) 467 450🡅 424🡅 455🡅
Mg (mg/l) 1410 1359🡅 1346🡅 1255🡅
K (mg/l) 430 381🡅 392🡅 381🡅
Br (mg/l) 62 63 63 57🡅
B (mg/l) 4.5 4.005🡅 3.986🡅 3.401🡅
Sr (mg/l) 10 4.065🡅 8.247🡅 6.71🡅
S (mg/l) 900 826🡅 778🡅 753🡅
Li Group
Li (µg/l) 200 126🡅 186🡅 187🡅
Ni (µg/l) 3.5 1.433🡅 1.623🡅 2.336🡅
Mo (µg/l) 12 4.594🡅 8.44🡅 15
I Group
V (µg/l) 1.5 0 0 0
Zn (µg/l) 2.5 3.069 8.482🡇 1.224🡅
Mn (µg/l) 1.5 0🡅 0🡅 0🡅
I (µg/l) 60 27🡅 24🡅 90🡇
Fe Group
Fe (µg/l) 0 0 0 0
Ba Group
Ba (µg/l) 5 0 0 0
Be (µg/l) 0 0 0 0
Si Group
Si (µg/l) 0-200 128🡇 62 52
Nutrient Group
P (µg/l) 6-23 42🡇 6.423 10
PO4 (mg/l) 0.018-0.07 0.128🡇 0.0196 0.0306

 

ICP Test Results @ 2021
  SPS
Outer Reef
01/2020 04/2020 07/2020 10/2020
Macro Elements
Na (mg/l) 10650        
Ca (mg/l) 467        
Mg (mg/l) 1410        
K (mg/l) 430        
Br (mg/l) 62        
B (mg/l) 4.5        
Sr (mg/l) 10        
S (mg/l) 900        
Li Group
Li (µg/l) 200        
Ni (µg/l) 5        
Mo (µg/l) 12        
I Group
V (µg/l) 1.5        
Zn (µg/l) 2.5        
Mn (µg/l) 1.5        
I (µg/l) 60        
Fe Group
Fe (µg/l) 0        
BA Group
Ba (µg/l) 5        
Be (µg/l) 0        
Si Group
Si (µg/l) 0-200        
Nutrient Group
P (µg/l) 6-23        
PO4 (mg/l) 0.018-0.07