Accuracy of the Red Sea PRO test kits?

blackthunda77 · 07/09/2012, 12:25 PM

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.

bnumair · 07/09/2012, 07:40 PM

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

sleepydoc · 07/09/2012, 08:06 PM

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?

blackthunda77 · 07/09/2012, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bnumair

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

thanks, that's a little relieving. I just returned my kit with new ones. hopefully these will be more accurate.

ReachTheSky · 07/10/2012, 11:39 AM

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.

blackthunda77 · 07/10/2012, 11:42 AM

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.

07/09/2012, 12:25 PM	#1
blackthunda77 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: East Coast/West Coast Posts: 4,887	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.

07/09/2012, 07:40 PM	#2
bnumair Dr. Reef at ur service Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tulsa, Ok, USA Posts: 7,751 Blog Entries: 15	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 __________________ Water Quality: NO3 0,Phos 0,Cal 440,Alk 7.5,Mag 1300 "Reef Fast, You Crash, Reef Slow, You Pass" Mike's Reef 3:16 Current Tank Info: 350g DT,95g sump, 50g Frag tank, 4800gph return 4x Sea swirls. 6x AI Vega Color. 200# Pukani rock, dual recirculating skimmer, Biopellet, GFO Carbon rx's, Cal rx. Closed loop. 1.5hp chiller, genesis renew. Apex & RKE

07/09/2012, 08:06 PM	#3
sleepydoc Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 3,907	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? __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 120 gallon, coast to coast overflow w/beananimal overflow. Waveline DC 10000 II return pump, 40 gal sump, Octopus XS200 skimmer, T5 lighting

07/10/2012, 11:39 AM	#5
ReachTheSky Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 1,114	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. __________________ Van Current tank: 7.5g Nano-Reef \| Modified AquaClear50 \| RapidLED Par38 bulb \| 2x Koralia 240gph

07/10/2012, 11:42 AM	#6
blackthunda77 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: East Coast/West Coast Posts: 4,887	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.