Test Equipment

JamesHolt · 10/14/2014, 10:30 PM

Is there a test kit that doesnt use a color chart. I am very color blind and am having alot of trouble with the charts in my kit.

MinnFish · 10/15/2014, 12:16 AM

Hanna checkers.

thegrun · 10/15/2014, 06:50 AM

Use a Hana checker for alkalinity and phosphates and any electronic probe for pH, refractometer for salinity. I'm not that impressed with the Hana checker for calcium, but if the color change is not noticeable enough for you using a titration test kit you may need to go the Hana route for calcium. The Salifert magnesium and calcium titration test kits change shade along with color so you may be able to see them change. See if your local fish store would conduct a test using their kit and see if the change is strong enough for you to read.

JamesHolt · 10/15/2014, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by thegrun

Use a Hana checker for alkalinity and phosphates and any electronic probe for pH, refractometer for salinity. I'm not that impressed with the Hana checker for calcium, but if the color change is not noticeable enough for you using a titration test kit you may need to go the Hana route for calcium. The Salifert magnesium and calcium titration test kits change shade along with color so you may be able to see them change. See if your local fish store would conduct a test using their kit and see if the change is strong enough for you to read.

Looked at the Hanna checkers, they look like they will do the trick

I am using API for now the calcium supposedly goes from pink to purple to blue
I see pink then a dark blue/purple ,, gonna try a few more times to see if i can get it before i order the hanna for calcium,, ordered the hanna alk,phos, and a ph probe for now,,, need to see if LFS has the Salifert ones you listed

Being as colorblind as I am is soooo much fun,,,people freak when I am working on a machine and ask them "hey what color is this wire".. Been in industrial maintenance for 29 years and still laugh at the looks they give me

disc1 · 10/15/2014, 09:18 AM

If you see the transition from pink to blue on your API calcium test then you should be good to go with it. The important thing is the change. The exact hue at the end depends on a number of things and might not always be the same. Any shade of blue is blue for the purposes of that test.

JamesHolt · 10/15/2014, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by disc1

If you see the transition from pink to blue on your API calcium test then you should be good to go with it. The important thing is the change. The exact hue at the end depends on a number of things and might not always be the same. Any shade of blue is blue for the purposes of that test.

Thanks, thats one less to buy

10/14/2014, 10:30 PM	#1
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10/15/2014, 12:16 AM	#2
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10/15/2014, 09:18 AM	#5
disc1 -RT * ln(k) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Little Rock Posts: 9,705	If you see the transition from pink to blue on your API calcium test then you should be good to go with it. The important thing is the change. The exact hue at the end depends on a number of things and might not always be the same. Any shade of blue is blue for the purposes of that test. __________________ David Current Tank: Undergoing reconstruction...

10/15/2014, 06:50 AM	#3
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	Use a Hana checker for alkalinity and phosphates and any electronic probe for pH, refractometer for salinity. I'm not that impressed with the Hana checker for calcium, but if the color change is not noticeable enough for you using a titration test kit you may need to go the Hana route for calcium. The Salifert magnesium and calcium titration test kits change shade along with color so you may be able to see them change. See if your local fish store would conduct a test using their kit and see if the change is strong enough for you to read.