Salifert test kit (calcium)

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Interesting. I suppose the only way to know is compare it against another test kid. I have an ELOS test kit, which have received pretty good reviews. It's $35 I think, so if you want to use my test kit to compare, I certainly wouldn't mind!

[Captainhemo]

I was told that even though Salifert test kits appear to have the "resolution" to be very accurate, it isn't uncommon to do 3 tests in a row and get 3 different results.
Elos kits on the other hand don't seem to have as much "resolution" but at least the tests come out the same each time when testing the same water sample

[MikeP]

Originally Posted by Der_Iron_Chef

Interesting. I suppose the only way to know is compare it against another test kid. I have an ELOS test kit, which have received pretty good reviews. It's $35 I think, so if you want to use my test kit to compare, I certainly wouldn't mind!

Thanks for the offer Drew. It kinda sounds like this Salifert kit is no good. I'll try to return it to the LFS, they are usually pretty good about satisfaction. Where did you get the Elos kit?

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Originally Posted by MikeP

Thanks for the offer Drew. It kinda sounds like this Salifert kit is no good. I'll try to return it to the LFS, they are usually pretty good about satisfaction. Where did you get the Elos kit?

Bought it at Gold. Pretty sure they have a wide variety of both Salifert and Elos test kits.

[fencer]

you know there are other places that you can buy test kits . Like Guardian Chemicals. BTW is there any difference in pool test kit vs the more expensive petshop kits?

[bv_reefer]

i don't know i only use salifert for nitrite testing and honestly i'm a little skeptical, because i just finished cycling a little while ago and my salifert test kit says that my nitrites are 0.25 which is a little high i think, yet my ammonia and nitrates are undetectable and i keep up with regular water changes >> 10%/week

[Mik_101]

Originally Posted by bv_reefer

i don't know i only use salifert for nitrite testing and honestly i'm a little skeptical, because i just finished cycling a little while ago and my salifert test kit says that my nitrites are 0.25 which is a little high i think, yet my ammonia and nitrates are undetectable and i keep up with regular water changes >> 10%/week

Lol i hve lmost the same problom exept it my amoni it says that my ammoni is 0.25 and nitrite and nitrtes are 0.

[bv_reefer]

as wierd as it may be, i've never seen a detectable amount of ammonia on my freshwater cichlid tank or my reef tank...even when i was cycling both of em'..