Testing kit advice?

kcarrol2 · 03/30/2008, 04:47 PM

Any advice on testing kits? Good ones to get or bad ones to stay away from?

Billybeau1 · 03/30/2008, 04:56 PM

To Reef Central

What are you interested in testing for ?

I basically categorize our kits in four levels.

Lab grade kits........... over 200 buck a pop.

Precise hobby grade kits...... Salifert and LaMotte

General results but accurate hobby grade kits like API, Elos Sera.

And not so good kits......... everything else.

kcarrol2 · 03/30/2008, 05:25 PM

I was thinking a standard kit- like pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, Oxygen. Is a reef kit (Calcium, Iodine, Carbonate Hardness/Alkalinity, Phosphate, Strontium, & Silicate) worth it for a novice to mess with?

03/30/2008, 04:47 PM	#1
kcarrol2 Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kansas City Posts: 52	Testing kit advice? Any advice on testing kits? Good ones to get or bad ones to stay away from?

03/30/2008, 05:25 PM	#3
kcarrol2 Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kansas City Posts: 52	I was thinking a standard kit- like pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, Oxygen. Is a reef kit (Calcium, Iodine, Carbonate Hardness/Alkalinity, Phosphate, Strontium, & Silicate) worth it for a novice to mess with? __________________ Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world. Lily Tomlin Current Tank Info: 110 RR Oceanic, custom stand and canopy, Kent Maxxima RO/DI

03/30/2008, 04:56 PM	#2
Billybeau1 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dyer, Indiana Posts: 12,010	*To Reef Central* What are you interested in testing for ? I basically categorize our kits in four levels. Lab grade kits........... over 200 buck a pop. Precise hobby grade kits...... Salifert and LaMotte General results but accurate hobby grade kits like API, Elos Sera. And not so good kits......... everything else.