What test kits doyou all suggest...

[VFW Legislator]

I have an API master kit for my basic parameters. What brand do you guys suggest for alk, mag, and calc?

 

[joe b]

salifert here

 

[VFW Legislator]

Just ordered salifert, thanks.

 

[art13]

salifert for everything for me accept po4, i use the hanna ulr for that. salifert i have mag, calc, alk, and nitrates

 

[njtiger24 aquariums]

I have used API, Red Sea, and salifert. I even ran them side by side for 6 weeks (I tested weekly) and all three were very closed to each other in numbers.

API is the easiest to use but when some of my numbers were off (during my 6 weeks) the API was on the low end.

Red Sea was nice but when you read the numbers it not what left but what you used so in a 1ml and the reading is 0.10ml you used 0.90ml which just got to remember that while checking numbers

Salifert is the easiest to read (if you read 0.10ml you look up 0.10 on the chart) but these kits are costly

 

[Trio91]

Hanna for Alk n Calcium and salifert for mag

 

[slimfitz]

I use Red Sea for everything except Hanna for PO4 and Alk

 

[redfishbluefish]

Red Sea Pro kit that includes alk, calc and mag.

 

[Mark...]

I'm a red sea guy but use Hanna for Alk and phosphate...