the natural ocean

bigfoot · 12-29-2003, 12:00 PM

what i need to is where to find info on parm. for the ocean everything that us hobbist are able to test for thax in advance

karlas · 01-01-2004, 03:48 AM

theres so many test out there the main ones are ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph, alkalinity, salt, and calcium. these are the most important

but there are test for phosphuras, silicates, copper, magnesium and just about anything you want to test for just look around you should be able to find a list

01-01-2004, 08:22 AM

I use a pH meter and don't know how I could live without it.

turbo4603 · 01-01-2004, 03:45 PM

chek this kit out and tell me wut u all think bout it. Made by hagen

http://www.bigalsonline.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi

01-03-2004, 05:14 AM

Turbo your link does not show anything.
What were you looking at there?

Craig Manoukian · 01-03-2004, 08:14 AM

Turbo,

Screen was blank and looked through the Hagen products. Need to know specifically what you wer e lookin' at bud!

turbo4603 · 01-03-2004, 08:19 AM

sorry bout that

http://www.bigalsonline.com/cgi-bin/...=22&inUID=

Hagens test master lab kit. (its third to last)

man, it was 37 bucks when i posted the first time and now it is 89.00. maybe thats y it didnt work. GRrrrrrrrrrrrrr. i was abaout to buy it to

Craig Manoukian · 01-03-2004, 01:41 PM

Would be a great starter kit even at that price. Decent indidual test kits are $12 - $15 a piece.

01-03-2004, 05:13 PM

One should remember that tests kits are not really that accurate and should be compared to other brand names.
The main tests I use are Calcium, Alk, Phosphateand and use a pH meter.
When tank was first started I did the ammonia and nitrate, Nitrite tests but to tell the truth I do not use them any more because after 8 months they always read the same. Once you get into a routine and your tank is stable you should not have to test that much for those any more unless you see things in your tank change then you should not have to adjust the normal tank maintenance.