Just trying to get an idea of what test kits people use on their reef tanks. I currently use API for PH/Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate, Salifert for Mag/Cal/Alk/Iodine, D&D Merck for Phosphate and a refractometer for SG.
Salifert seem to be having some sort of crisis at the minute as the last 3 Alk test kits I have bought, the test liquid in the kit has turned from the bright pink to a very faint orange colour within a matter of weeks leaving it very difficult to get an accurate reading. Even testing using the testing fluid (which should test at 6.5 dkh) is testing at 5.5 dkh so I have to account for that every time I test.
Is anyone else having similar problems or are other people using another brand and if so how accurate is it?
Salifert seem to be having some sort of crisis at the minute as the last 3 Alk test kits I have bought, the test liquid in the kit has turned from the bright pink to a very faint orange colour within a matter of weeks leaving it very difficult to get an accurate reading. Even testing using the testing fluid (which should test at 6.5 dkh) is testing at 5.5 dkh so I have to account for that every time I test.
Is anyone else having similar problems or are other people using another brand and if so how accurate is it?
