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01-02-2008, 12:19 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bradenton, Fl
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 |  Best Testing kits
Looking for what you guys think is the best kit to use. I have a 12 gallon nano cube and just want to see what you guys use that tests for everything that needs to be tested for. Thanks | 
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01-02-2008, 12:22 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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My main test kit is from API but I also have some Saliferts. IMO, Salifert is one, if not the best tests out there. Only draw back to Salifert, is it doesnt come in a complete kit. At least I haven't seen one yet. Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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01-02-2008, 12:41 PM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: joliet,il Age: 41
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salifert: Ca, dKH, Mg, NO3, O2, I2, B
nutrafin: PO4
red sea: NH3, NH4
seachem: Sr
i have found these to be the easiest and most reliable
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01-02-2008, 01:00 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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For cost, it is hard to beat Salifert. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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01-02-2008, 02:18 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator |
ELOS I have found to be far more accurate than anything else. I mainly use Salifert but I'm finding more and more of the kits have issues. So I will be switching to Elos test kits.
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01-02-2008, 02:19 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Newtown, PA Age: 21
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Salifert has had a lot of problems with their KH/Alkalinity test kits. I'm very disappointed, there is a long thread about this on RC. My Salifert KH test kit was reading too low. _________ 120 gallon mixed reef, 30 gallon refugium, two 250 watt Phoenix 14K DE metal halides in Lumenarc stealth reflectors, Two 48" T-5's in TEK II reflectors, AquaC EV-120 protein skimmer, Mag Drive 12 return pump, one Hydor Koralia 4
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01-02-2008, 02:25 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fairport, NY
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Problem with Salifert is that with the dollar on the slide their getting expensive. I really like the Seachem tests. Even when I have a problem with it I call and Seachem walks me through it.
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01-02-2008, 02:46 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator |
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Originally Posted by Scott Osborne  Problem with Salifert is that with the dollar on the slide their getting expensive. I really like the Seachem tests. Even when I have a problem with it I call and Seachem walks me through it. |
Same price as always here LOL  | |
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01-05-2008, 08:48 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Salifert for Alk, Phos, Calcium, Mg, Strontium
SeaChem Iodine/Iodide
API for Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia, ph _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
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Hippo Tang
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Long Polyp Toadstool
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Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
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1 Fairy Wrasse
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