BIG TROUBLE!! Need advice please.

[Myka]

I would believe Elos over Hanna, especially when it comes to calcium. There have been reports of inaccurate numbers with the Hanna calcium kit and people have been using the Elos for a long time with reliable results. 100-150 ppm calcium is hard to believe though...

Here's an idea...we know that bucket of IO salt will have calcium around 380 ppm at 1.025, so mix up some saltwater for 24 hours and test that with both Hanna and Elos. Since there is a 200 ppm difference between the kits you will be able to tell which one is out to lunch.

Don't forget to roll that bucket of salt before using it too!!

[doch]

Originally Posted by Myka

I would believe Elos over Hanna, especially when it comes to calcium. There have been reports of inaccurate numbers with the Hanna calcium kit and people have been using the Elos for a long time with reliable results. 100-150 ppm calcium is hard to believe though...

Here's an idea...we know that bucket of IO salt will have calcium around 380 ppm at 1.025, so mix up some saltwater for 24 hours and test that with both Hanna and Elos. Since there is a 200 ppm difference between the kits you will be able to tell which one is out to lunch.

Don't forget to roll that bucket of salt before using it too!!

That's a good idea... I'll do that when I get home.

Roll the bucket.... uh... yeah.... won't make that mistake again! Trust me on that one.

[doch]

Well.... I overestimated how much water I'd have when I got home today, and it didn't work out for a full water change. By the time that I wake up this afternoon, I'll have a full WC tank with the IO salt and I can test the Ca between both test kits. For now though, things have definetly settled down from super catastrophic seath mode. There are 4 more pieces that I'm worried about, but we'll see what they're doing when I wake up. I've got a Rainbow Stylo, 2 Loripes, and 1 of 2 nubs on my Oregon Tort that are in STN mode. If they're worse when I get up, I'll dip the 2 that I can in H2O2 mix, and hope for the best. I should be able to frag 3 of 4, and the forth (oregon tort) still has another nub on the frag plug that is not attached and looking good.

In retrospect... I should have put this whole escapade in my tank journal. Is there any way that I can transfer it over? Probably not, eh?

[christyf5]

just copy and paste I think I have an oregon tort too, or maybe its a california tort, its some sort of tort, very blue

[doch]

Originally Posted by christyf5

just copy and paste I think I have an oregon tort too, or maybe its a california tort, its some sort of tort, very blue

Yeah... I thought of that.... pain in the butt though. Oh well.

As for the Ca test experiment... well, just my luck, I didn't really learn anything. The Elos came in at 250-300ppm, and the Hanna came in at 436ppm. Damnit! Oh well, I guess I'll just have to test usieng both and then average them out... lol.

[Myka]

Omg....stupid kits!! Looks like the right number is the average...don't like that!

[doch]

This is of course assuming that the IO bucket actually falls at ~380ppm. Can't win. lol