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tester kits
What tester kits do you need for a salt water tank fish and some corals not a full reef tank. what tester kit would you get? Single combined etc.
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01-14-2005, 07:32 AM
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Some corals = full reef tank
Most people seem to think the Salifert line is the best
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01-14-2005, 10:58 AM
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Salifert and seachem are the best. Go with nitrate, phosphate, PH, calcium and alkalinity and you are pretty much covered.
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01-14-2005, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by captivereefs
Salifert and seachem are the best. Go with nitrate, phosphate, PH, calcium and alkalinity and you are pretty much covered. |
Do they sell kits that contain all the tests you listed?
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01-14-2005, 11:55 AM
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No. Seachem has 2 multi kits availible but they do not contain calcium.
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01-14-2005, 12:36 PM
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And the Salifert brand doesn't put out a master test kit, at least none are listed in the catalogs I get. But considering each salifert kit is about $25...most people don't wanna drop $200 on test kits when they start up a reef tank.
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01-14-2005, 12:38 PM
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Is there anything cheap in this hobby? LOL 
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01-14-2005, 12:50 PM
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airline tubing 
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01-14-2005, 01:49 PM
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I use the aquarium pharmaceuticals saltwater master test kit. It covers pH, ammonia, nitrite & nitrate. It uses liquid and test tubes to compare to a color chart. This kit is reasonably priced($15-$25). Just stay away from the multiple test strips. I had tied those and compared to my liquid tests and the y give some funny inconsistant readings IMO.
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01-14-2005, 02:46 PM
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I 2nd the AP SW Test kit....and that airline tubing is the cheapest thing we can buy...oh wait...that was my own post
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01-14-2005, 02:56 PM
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What is used to test TDS? One of those digital read-out machines?
Tried calling LFS and none of them would be able to test my tap water to see how bad it is.
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01-14-2005, 04:12 PM
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You can grab a TDS meter off of Ebay for around 30 bucks
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01-14-2005, 04:21 PM
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01-14-2005, 05:48 PM
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I went with SeaChems Marine Basic kit, and then a Reef Status for Calcium, and Salifert for Magnesium.
I already had a phosphate kit (SeaChem) for my freshwater planted tank testing.
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