Testing Kits? What is best to use?
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Topic: Testing Kits? What is best to use?
Posted By: dukester48
Subject: Testing Kits? What is best to use?
Date Posted: October 22 2008 at 12:46pm
I havent been testing for everything in my tank. And until lately I have had really good luck just keeping track of PH Salinity and Nitrates. Everything has been struggling and I read somewhere that Salifert kits arent that great and that Lamotte was the way to go.
I found this on Ebay:
LAMOTTE COMPLETE SALT WATER TEST KIT
http://cgi.ebay.com/LAMOTTE-COMPLETE-SALT-WATER-TEST-KIT_W0QQitemZ140276724889QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140276724889&_trkparms=72%3A1421|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ebayphotohosting
Will this have everything that I would want to test for? And is this the best brand to buy?
Jeff
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Posted By: jfinch
Date Posted: October 22 2008 at 1:19pm
Lamotte are good kits, but typically expensive.
I've always found Salifert kits to be very easy to use and pretty accurate (as near as I could tell, compared to testing in our water lab here at work).
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Posted By: dukester48
Date Posted: October 22 2008 at 1:20pm
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Im just confused on why that complete kit on ebay is only 99$ when I see what looks like the same kit going for 269$ everywhere else...
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Posted By: dukester48
Date Posted: October 22 2008 at 2:01pm
I asked the seller the model number and they responded with LMAQ2
This is what the model is which is "FISH FARM 9" and is for freshwater.... Will this work for saltwater testing?
http://www.aquaticeco.com/subcategories/2232/Fish-Farm-9-Test-Kit-Freshwater
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Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: October 22 2008 at 2:26pm
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For that cost you could buy a Sera-USA master kit, and it has more common test kits (most people don't want CO2 or O2).
Adam
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Posted By: dukester48
Date Posted: October 22 2008 at 2:34pm
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The seller corrected themselves and said it is the LMAQ4 which I cant find for cheaper than 269.99$. I purchased it for 99$. Hopefully I don't regret it.
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