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11-12-2006, 01:13 PM
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Council
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Denville, NJ
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I hate test kits
I'm so confused. I posted earlier about the difficulty with the color based test kits, but now it's worse than ever. You guys recommended Salifert, so I went out and bought all new tests. The Salifert calcium test reads very very low calcium, but the Nutrafin reads about 480. When is say very low, I mean under 100. This is the display tank, the QT with frags read 220ppm with the Salifert & about 380 with the Nutrafin. I did the Salifert tests twice. Which one would you believe? I did about 20% water change last week with IO and I find it hard to believe the levels in the Salifert test.
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11-13-2006, 12:25 PM
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Just Moved In
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Long Island, NY
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I have always had good luck and reliable reading with the Salifert test kits. One option is to have a LFS test the water to compare tests results before taking any action at all.
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11-13-2006, 05:14 PM
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Owner
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Bardstown, KY
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I would beleive the Salifert, however I don't think your calcium is that low. Are you sure you are following the instructions to the letter?
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11-13-2006, 06:17 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Denville, NJ
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I was a pre-med/vet major in college and have a fair amount of laboratory schooling. The Salifert test are obviously a little more "intense" than most test kits, but I'm sure I did it correct. I added a small amount of Kent Marine Calcium, but I'll check it again tonight to confirm.
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11-13-2006, 08:53 PM
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Owner
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Bardstown, KY
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Hi rjs,
I wasn't questioning your ability by no means, I just know that the calcium and alkalinity test kits from salifert are sometimes confusing to people who are new to using them.  |
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11-14-2006, 09:32 PM
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Council
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Denville, NJ
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I didn't take offense Scott, I appreciate the insight.
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