07-24-2007, 03:30 PM
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| Feather Duster
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sacramento, California
Posts: 233
 
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Originally Posted by Maudsley  Salifert is having issues with the accuracy of their ALK kits, right now they are sending their kits out with reference solutions to make sure the kits are not bad. I use Salifert for all my testing but I also run checks with API ALK kit to compare. My salifert were reading 11.2 DKH with 3 different kits, but API was reading 7 DKH and sometimes 6. After a month of this my coraline was declining and I lost a couple of corals I contacted Salifert, ever since I've been using the API and the tank is rebounding nicely. API test kits use very good reagent, so for the money you are getting a good kit with API Alk, I can only speak for this kit not the others. Only downfall to API is it only shows you in 1 DKH increments and salifert with show you to the tenths, but for quick generalized tested my money is on API. | I use API solely because it was the only test kit the LFS carried. I hadn't heard any comments on their kits, until. So thanks and karma to you!
Linda _________ Linda 29g Nano 2 FSL 8000k 36w & 2 AquaLux 36w Blue Pump: 1200 LPH; Maxi-Jet 600 Powerhead 100w Visi Stealth submersible heater 15 lbs. live rock 20 lbs. live sand LIVESTOCK: 1 cleaner shrimp; Asst. snails, 1 emerald crab, Pierre the Cleaner Shrimp and acrobat extraordinnaire, 1 button polyp, 1 green star polyp, 1 red mushroom, 1 Xenia, 1 octopus coral, 1 torch, 1 frogspawn, 1 tree coral, 1 stag coral. Established: 6/20/07  |
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