aquarium pharmaceuticals ammonia test kit

[Anaxus]

Who else thinks aquarium pharmaceuticals ammonia test kit is had to read?

[NJ Devils Fan]

It's not too hard to read. It's hard when the ammonia is high because the greens are pretty close, but as you get lower, it's easier.

[Anaxus]

Maby mines different, On mine there all a shade of orange and yellow

[NJ Devils Fan]

Yea, there are 2 different ammonia test kits made by AP. The one I have is from 0(yellow) to 8(dark green). It goes 0, .25, .5, .75, 1, 2, 4, 8.(or something very similar)

[Anaxus]

Mine came with the freshwater testing kit.
I think it goes from white(0-.5) and different shades of very close yellow from 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6 or something similar to that

[TONO]

I find mine hard to read, cause in low light yellow looks a bit green.

[Kasakato]

I like it! No matter whan a liquid test kit, is always going to be *hard* to read.

[FisheyLisa]

I have the yellow to green one. If it is anything besides yellow I add a bit of prime or do a water change. It isn't a question of how green, just is it green. And err on the side of doing something, rather than nothing. I also play with the light source's placement in relationto the card to get the best color view.

[daveedka]

mine is the clear to dark yellow kit. I don't find it any mre difficult to read tan any other kit I've used. hold it up to the white part of the card and match the shades.
Dave

[JosephMCorbett]

I have the yellow to green one, and I agree with one of the previous posts - I look for yellow and if I see any hint of green, it means trouble somewhere. I always use natural sunlight outside to check the colors, as incandecents can make it hard to tell what color any of the tests are...especially strip tests.

[ergo sum]

I find all these tests very difficult to read. I am a house painter I match colors and mix colors all the time. What I do right now is look through the vial at the color card. If I can see no color change I figure that is a match. My nitrate card goes from yellow to orange to red in 7 grades, for instance, So if I look through the vial and the patch looks slightly yellow I figure the test reads a bit higher. If I look through the vial and I see red I figure the test reads a bit lower. If I look through the vial and see no color I figure that is about right. I find that holding the vial next to the color gradient and trying to figure out which color is about right to often be misleading.

Actually I find the whole thing quite arbitrary. I have a two part ammonia test that I have never seen read 0. I just know it doesn't read much. So I ignore it.

[Kasakato]

Everyone! ~STOP~ Look at the date: 03-15-2003, 01:48 PM. Lets let this one go back to the dead.

[FisheyLisa]

Oh that is so 2003! Test kit considerations are relavent no matter what time of year. Maybe we just helped a newbie not buy those **** strips and waste money, time, and/or fish lives!! Consider the lillies...

[FisheyLisa]

I am not allowed to say "stupid"?
Oh well. I'll have to find another word that rhymes with cupid.

[Kasakato]

Why do they sell test strips anyways?

[JSchmidt]

Ugh... not another diatribe against test strips.... please spare us! Test strips are fine for most hobby uses, and they aren't necessarily harder or easier to read than any other tests.

:rolleyes:

Jim

[f8ldzz]

Why do they sell test strips anyways?
Cause people buy them?

[Kasakato]

Stupid people!

[nugs]

Ugh... not another diatribe against test strips.... please spare us! Test strips are fine for most hobby uses, and they aren't necessarily harder or easier to read than any other tests.

:rolleyes:

Jim

quoted for mfin truth... Alot of it has to do with user preference. I personally use AP test kits and have no problems differentiating between colors.