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07/09/2012, 12:25 PM | #1 |
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Accuracy of the Red Sea PRO test kits?
I just got these test kits. I got the Mag, Alk and Calcium as well as the phosphates. Does anyone have any experience with them? I was testing high in everything except the phosphates. Alk around 10 when i have not been dosing anything, calc at around 560 and mag around 1700. Again, not dosing anything. I found an issue with my IO salt mix. Mag was 2200! along with high alk and calcium. I was wondering is anyone else has compared the results of this test kit to a more dependable one like salifert or hanna.
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07/09/2012, 07:40 PM | #2 |
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i have red sea cal and alk test kits along with salifert and hanna checkers and i have compared them all against eachother. they are all in same ball park range.
example: last test about a month ago R S cal:420 alk:7 Sal cal:440 alk:7 Hanna cal:436 alk:7.15
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07/09/2012, 08:06 PM | #3 |
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Have been using the red sea kits for a few months with no problems. Have you compared to another test kit or taken a sample to your LFS?
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07/09/2012, 09:00 PM | #4 | |
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07/10/2012, 11:39 AM | #5 |
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My Red Sea kit gives results very similar to my friends Salifert kit.
I would choose Red Sea though because they don't make you buy the whole kit again because you quickly ran out of "Magnesium Solution B" or something. They sell titrant separately.
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07/10/2012, 11:42 AM | #6 |
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I'm going to mix up some stock solution to test. I wish they made small packets of mag, calc and all solution to test against like they make.for ph to calibrate probes.
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