I started test water since the day 1.
It was new tank, and all my test kits were new, so I simply had fun to test water every day.
There is nothing to harm to test water every day, it is good to watch parameters to know what’s going on in the tank.
However I could also test them less to save cost.
New tank is expensive!
Ammonia is important and I would still test it daily for new tank.
Nitrite and Nitrate, they raise after Ammonia raise, so while Ammonia is 0, I could test maybe couple times in a week.
I would test Nitrite and Nitrate every day once they start raising.
Phosphate has been 0 for a long time.
I was testing daily, but I could test it just weekly untill it raise.
Alkalinity and Calcium, they are important if you plan to have corals in the tank.
So while there are no corals in the tank, I probably didn’t need to test them daily.
I could test it before I start add corals in the tank to make sure the water is ready for corals.
After corals are in, I would test Alkalinity 1 or 2 times in a week, test calcium once in 1-2 weeks.
Thank was pretty clean and peace at week 2.
I added the first fish which is Orange Lined Goby.
He is a shy fish, so he went under rock as soon as he went into the tank, and almost like never seen while people are around the tank.
For the test kits I use are here;
API
Ammonia, Nitrate, ph
Hanna Checker
Alkaliity, Nitrite, Calcium, Phosphate
Aquarium Days 