Jun 4, 2013 #1 Rpbustillo Aquarium Advice FINatic Joined Feb 25, 2013 Messages 538 Location Pensacola, Fl I tested my KH but I do not have the instructions it the API kit and my water took 7 drops to turn yellow what does that mean??
I tested my KH but I do not have the instructions it the API kit and my water took 7 drops to turn yellow what does that mean??
Jun 4, 2013 #2 JRMagno Aquarium Advice Activist Joined May 15, 2012 Messages 114 Location Camp Pendleton, CA API test kit instructions: http://www.apifishcare.com/pdf/Reef_Master_Test_Kit_402M_Insert.pdf Edit: sorry first link was for fresh
API test kit instructions: http://www.apifishcare.com/pdf/Reef_Master_Test_Kit_402M_Insert.pdf Edit: sorry first link was for fresh
Jun 4, 2013 #3 AquaRick Aquarium Advice Addict Joined Sep 3, 2011 Messages 2,638 Location Northern CA Please note API reef kits are notoriously inaccurate. Just be careful.
Jun 4, 2013 #4 OP OP Rpbustillo Aquarium Advice FINatic Joined Feb 25, 2013 Messages 538 Location Pensacola, Fl I just found the book I know the have a bad rep but at the moment it the best I har
Jun 4, 2013 #5 AquaRick Aquarium Advice Addict Joined Sep 3, 2011 Messages 2,638 Location Northern CA You can take it into your LFS and test. Just make sure they use a quality test kit.
Jun 4, 2013 #6 OP OP Rpbustillo Aquarium Advice FINatic Joined Feb 25, 2013 Messages 538 Location Pensacola, Fl The only things my lfs test is salinity, ammonia, trite and trates
Jun 4, 2013 #7 AquaRick Aquarium Advice Addict Joined Sep 3, 2011 Messages 2,638 Location Northern CA Ouch. Any decent LFS will test dKH, Can,and Mg. Oh wells. The API test will at least tell you if something is really out of whack. Good luck!
Ouch. Any decent LFS will test dKH, Can,and Mg. Oh wells. The API test will at least tell you if something is really out of whack. Good luck!
Jun 5, 2013 #8 OP OP Rpbustillo Aquarium Advice FINatic Joined Feb 25, 2013 Messages 538 Location Pensacola, Fl I have a petland, petco, petsmart, and a local store and neither one of them test much
Jun 5, 2013 #9 Holygral Aquarium Advice FINatic Joined Mar 20, 2012 Messages 786 Location Conneaut, Ohio Most shops use API test kits because they are cheap