Salifert Ph gone bad

[Lostinthedark]

After repeatedly trying to raise my Ph with no luck I decided to double check the new Salifert Ph test I bought. Turns out no matter
what I tested it came up with the same 7.8. I rechecked with the old API and it confirmed I overshot up to 8.6.
You never know who to trust.

 

[lefkonj]

Annoying I know

I had bought a phosphate kit from Elos and after using it for 9 months, found out it expired 3 months ago. Same thing happened with my pH kit. My ammonia kit was working fine then just produced garbage results, unreadable. Borrowed a friends kit to verify, kits went bad.

Very annoying but i feel like you need to replace these kits at least once a year.

 

[Lostinthedark]

It's only 2 months old and the expiration date is a year from now.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Actually 8.6 is hard to believe as well. I would see if a member lives close by who could verify…or take a water sample to your LFS.

If it is that high, HERE is a nice read from Dr. Farley.