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marshalls2007
12-09-07, 12:26
what test kit do you use?
hagen
nutrafin
tetra-test
jbl
a.p.i
have had decent results out of hagens nutrafin. but use Salifert as a rule.
where is salifert i use that
I use Salifert as well.......:)
Snowsurfer
12-09-07, 13:13
Salifert, surprised its not on the list as its one of the main ones.
I use Salifert for most of the tests apart from the PO4 which i use the D&D test kit. :)
Salifert for all but potasium, which I will try the new Fauna Marin when it comes out:)
Jim
Salifert too!
D&D/Merck for phosphate
marshalls2007
12-09-07, 15:38
to be honest ive never heard of it but i'll be definatly getting the kit as it seems they must be good.
i just put a list of ones i've heard of to see whats the best out of them.
i use a.p.i as i thought they were good and JBL for p04.
i thought the others gave inacurate readings and wanted to check other peoples opinion.
oh well seems salifert is the best.
down to my lfs to see what he has.
regards wes.
Paul Turner
12-09-07, 15:44
Salifert for me.
Cheers, Paul
fishfingers
12-09-07, 16:21
Also Salifert/ D&D for phosphate.
Had a bad experience with nutrafin Calcium reading 450ppm when level verified by 2 other kits as 260ppm!
Had to chuckle at this thread - if i was the owner of salifert, i'd be a very happy man :)
Im salifert too by the way - even for PO4 :eek: :laugh:
to be honest ive never heard of it but i'll be definatly getting the kit as it seems they must be good.
i just put a list of ones i've heard of to see whats the best out of them.
i use a.p.i as i thought they were good and JBL for p04.
i thought the others gave inacurate readings and wanted to check other peoples opinion.
oh well seems salifert is the best.
down to my lfs to see what he has.
regards wes.
I have a load of salifert test kits I am selling. hardly been used.
Nitrate
Nitrite
Phosphate
Ammonia
Calcium
DKH
Magnesium
pompeysdmf
12-09-07, 18:47
I use Salifert for all my marine test kits.
I use Sera for my tropical tank, as they're a bit cheaper and they last a bit longer, and I dont need them to be so precise as for the marine.
There are some pretty shocking test kits out there though, I used tetra for a while when I first started with my tropicals and they were horrendous - the test tube markings were all wrong, and the colours kept coming up completely wrong lol
Another Salifert user here:)
Salifert for me too, except for PO4 which is D&D
I use an api test kit but have a couple of salifert and sera kits
GrumpyOldMan
21-09-07, 15:32
Used to use Salifert untill I found out the Nitrate Kit was rubbish so now use Nutrafin.
Again,I use Salifert, as the poll suggests, most do.
Smitherington
21-09-07, 18:49
Salifert and D&D PO4 too
Quick question, why do people use a different brand for Po4??
D&D/Merck PO4 is apparently more accurate and tests to a much lower level of phosphate than any others I know of.
John
ive used hagen and found it to be rubbish
I have found Hagens KH Ca and N03
test kits to give the same results as Salifert.
I find the P04 tests give different values.
Hagen being more sensitive.
On the hole I prefer Hagen for N03 because
the test is simpler and just as accurate IMO.
Regards
Ump...
Ps Hagen and nutrafin are one of the same
Salifert for all bar Phos, which I use the Merck kit.....which I find a bugger to read!
Cheers, Shelton.
SpanishTony
08-10-07, 13:26
Salifert
ORCA TL-450 newbie
20-10-07, 21:16
hanna electronic laser readers
hanna meters use powder and read it after a timed session automatically with a laser
instantsquid
20-10-07, 22:24
Salifert for everything apart from
D&D for Phosphate
FM for Potassium
graham greenley
25-05-09, 20:17
hi mate i also use sailifert just wondering whot chart to use for results ont he paper there is two one to the left and one to right one the left 0.03 good
on the right its 0.01 when i did the test it was a blue colour i thought this was a reading of 3 is this right
KRUSTY THE CLOWNfish
26-05-09, 08:01
I use Salifert for everything :)
Salifert for everything :)
Surprised you didn't put Salifert in the poll as I think it's one of the most common ones used..?
Just to be different :D i use salifert for all apart from PO4 D&D
Blimey, this thread has some legs, it was started in 2007:D
Dare I say Salifert & DD/Merck:whistling:
redlion1968
27-05-09, 01:25
D&D for Phosphate
FM for Potassium
TMC for ammonia
Salifert for everything else
Same as Jarhead, Salifert for everything except PO4 and that's D&D :)
Have used hagen with ok results but mainly Salifert for me like most i suspect
cheers D
salifert for all apart from p04 and potassium i use d&d and fm
anyone noticed yet that this poll is nearly 2 years old :laugh:
Have now!!!
Doh!
:D
Trust you BigDan :laugh: i use tetratest seems to be much better than API :)
Trust you BigDan :laugh: i use tetratest seems to be much better than API :)
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Sherminator
28-05-09, 20:28
the most popular and I'm a user of it -salifert. Surprised you didn't have this as a brand? For PH- tetra-
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