• Water tests

  • Jennifer

It's time to change the tests - the old suitcase is desperately lying. I looked at the manufacturers. I actually saw half of them for the first time. So: Aquarium Pharmaceuticals, Aquatic Hagen, JBL, ELOS, Salifert, Sera, Red Sea, Tetra, Tunze. Which of these is worth getting and what can actually be bought? And one more thought out loud: I think that some tests matter in terms of accuracy (like calcium, for example), while for others, a yes-no accuracy is enough... Is it worth buying a set or collecting them individually from different manufacturers? Of course, I understand that a Bayer analyzer is good, but 13,000 dollars...

Karen2578

I connected my friends and everything is always fresh!

Lauren

I am also fully in favor of fresh reagents, analytical balances, titrimetry, and colorimetry... But it's somehow inconvenient to carry all of this around.

Robert5335

Well, you can bring water to friends... Although, the less you know, the better you sleep.

Jason

Long... Time is not elastic, especially if you still have to drive for the little one. Tests mostly determine the order of magnitudes, and that's all that's needed. So, what is the essence of the question?

Melissa3820

My packaging and their packaging (as I order) / and of course the beer is mine.

Tammy2040

I agree, the little ones make it hard to engage in aquaristics. As for the essence of the matter - it depends on what the toad doesn't squeeze.

Nicole7268

Indeed, I would like to know which tests can be trusted... I understand that each of them has a margin of error. P.S. Tetra nitrate shows 12 mg/L, while Jabil shows 0 mg/L... and it makes you think...

Helen

The frog does not choke. The fry do not interfere with fishkeeping; they feed the fish. Beer with the fry makes it difficult to feed the fish. - Off-topic. On the subject: I don't like sulfur in bulk. I liked two hardness tests from "Red Sea" - they lie very little, the calcium test for marine from Red Sea is also good, if it lies, then not much. Which of the tests is more accurate in the area of low concentrations? (nitrates, nitrites, ammonium/ammonia, phosphates, iron, copper, total organic matter - I have seen such a test but haven't tried it, I think it’s permanganate oxidation)

Tammy2040

From what I've encountered: Aquarium Pharmaceuticals generally has decent overall tests; the volume of bubbles for consumable tests like kH and pH is 37 ml, which is 2.5 times more than Seachem and others, and considering how often kH needs to be measured in a reef, the advantage is clear. Salifert is the undisputed favorite for trace elements. I use the Tunze calcium test, which is very convenient and accurate, and, importantly, also economical and professional. The other tests can probably be classified as amateur.