Test Kits

[A.ocellaris]

Hey!

 

Any recommendations to test low levels of Ammonia and Nitrates? I am currently using API and sometimes the colors do not match or it gives me the next reading on the line (eg. if Nitrates is > 1ppm, but less than 2ppm, API shows 5ppm.).

 

Also, what water parameters are key for shrimps and snails?

 

 

 

[smh254]

I like Red Sea for nitrates and salifert for everything else.

 

 

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[AlanM]

I like Red Sea for nitrates and salifert for everything else.

 

 

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I also like Red Sea Pro for nitrate.  The new one has two powders and a liquid and seems to work pretty well and the disc makes it easy to match colors accurately.

 

No idea about ammonia tests.  I don't test for that.

 

I use Salifert for Mg, Red Sea Pro for Ca, Hanna checker for alk, Hanna ULR phosphate checker for phosphate, and that's about it for me.  

 

I used to use Red Sea Pro for Mg, but I discovered it measures super high.  Two batches of reagent in a row did the same thing.  Plus the process of putting in one drop at a time and swirling for 15 sec between each drop is a pain.  Salifert gives me values that are spot on what the salt manufacturer says they should be with newly mixed water.