FW Aquarium Test Kit for the Color Blind

[WhiteCloud]

I have been trying to use the Mardel Master Test Kit Strips to test my aqauriums for the last few months.

I have a bad case of Green/Brown Color Blindness....

So I can see Nitrate and Nitrite readings...but I cannot read anything else, especially pH (the whole range looks to be the same color to me.

Wife is getting a little annoyed as I have to ask her to read the strips.

Any recommendations on a Full Aquarium Test Kit (at least pH, Hardness, Ammonia, Nitrite and nitrate) that would be a bit easier for me to read and do not have shades of green and brown to distinguish from.

Thanks

Steve Charles

 

[deeni0z]

There are electronic pH meters but.. they're about $50 :/ My advice is have a kid and wait a few years until she/he can name colors!

 

[krap101]

you could take a pic with a digital cam and put it on the comp. then reverse the colors and you'll see what the ph is at? like brown will turn into red and green blue?

 

[TankGirl]

This is a tricky problem that I have heard about before, but never heard of a solution.

I would try buying your tests individually. Go to the LFS and check out Aquarium Pharmaceuticals and Red Sea, they are a couple of brands that have different colors from each other, if I recall correctly. Look into each box and pull out the card to see what colors you will be dealing with. You might be getting a Red Sea pH test, but an AP ammonia test, etc.