edress714 October 14, 2014 Share October 14, 2014 Hey guys do you guys use API? Hanna? What is the best ones to use to check for phos, calcium etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami October 14, 2014 Share October 14, 2014 Alkalinity: Primary: Hanna Checker Backups: Red Sea Pro & API Quick & dirty: API (calibrated against my Hanna Checker) Calcium: Primary: Red Sea Pro / Salifert Backup: API (Note: I have a Hanna checker but have heard that it's very difficult to get consistent readings. I've yet to use it with a modified protocol sent to me by Hanna because the other options are fine.) Magnesium: Primary: Red Sea Pro (lately) / Salifert Backup: Seachem Phosphate / Phosphorus: (infrequent use) Primary: Hanna Checker Backup: Salifert Nitrate / Ammonia: (Very infrequent use - just used to investigate & flag problems) Primary: API (I have a Salifert on the shelf for Nitrate, too.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime October 15, 2014 Share October 15, 2014 ^nailed it. I have also heard about trouble with the Hanna checkers for calcium, and very infrequently use my phosphorus Hanna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HgrReefs October 15, 2014 Share October 15, 2014 Hannah for Alk Hannah or salifert for Ca Playing around with some Triton mail off tests I picked up at MACNA. Interesting so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopeitlives October 16, 2014 Share October 16, 2014 Hannah for alk Salifert for Ca Used Red Sea before but just way to inconsistent on my part to get good consistent results. Flat out user error most likely. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami October 16, 2014 Share October 16, 2014 Hannah for Alk Hannah or salifert for Ca Playing around with some Triton mail off tests I picked up at MACNA. Interesting so far... HgrReefs: I'm interested in hearing more about this when you get results. Post something in Member Discussion or Product Reviews when you get the chance. I talked at some length with Ehsan (President of Triton) at MACNA this year and about how his analysis software worked. It would be interesting to hear about what you get back from the testing. For a little history: I used to avoid Red Sea test kits because, like Hopeitlives, the results were inconsistent and just plain bad. Because of experiences I had with their kits about 10 years ago, I simply stopped using them. However, I became curious in the last year when I saw the Red Sea Pro line of tests and I picked up a kit from Quantum Reefs when they were running a sale. My experience with that kit gives me results that are consistent with the results that I get from my Salifert kits. Bottom line: I'm liking the new Pro line of kits (so far) but still avoid the older, regular kits because. wrong or right, I still don't trust them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HgrReefs October 16, 2014 Share October 16, 2014 HgrReefs: I'm interested in hearing more about this when you get results. Post something in Member Discussion or Product Reviews when you get the chance. I talked at some length with Ehsan (President of Triton) at MACNA this year and about how his analysis software worked. It would be interesting to hear about what you get back from the testing. For a little history: I used to avoid Red Sea test kits because, like Hopeitlives, the results were inconsistent and just plain bad. Because of experiences I had with their kits about 10 years ago, I simply stopped using them. However, I became curious in the last year when I saw the Red Sea Pro line of tests and I picked up a kit from Quantum Reefs when they were running a sale. My experience with that kit gives me results that are consistent with the results that I get from my Salifert kits. Bottom line: I'm liking the new Pro line of kits (so far) but still avoid the older, regular kits because. wrong or right, I still don't trust them. I'll try to get something up in the next day or two. Alright if I post up the results sheets I got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami October 16, 2014 Share October 16, 2014 I'll try to get something up in the next day or two. Alright if I post up the results sheets I got? Yes. Start a new thread, though, in the appropriate forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HgrReefs October 16, 2014 Share October 16, 2014 Yep. Will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k October 20, 2014 Share October 20, 2014 I've been using Salifert for 15+ years and see no reason to use any other brand out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave w October 23, 2014 Share October 23, 2014 Does anybody know when the new optical readers are going to be for sale? The kind where you put a drop of water on a handheld gizmo and it tells you nearly everything through light refraction or some other scientific method too complicated for me to understand? I've heard about two different companies about to bring them to market but as far as I know they aren't on the market yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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