Bilk
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to measure water for testing or another graduated container or syringe to measure water to be tested?
Presently using Elos tests. Some require filling to the 10ml mark and others require 5ml, for which there is no mark. When checking the 10ml marks on the Elos vials against another reference, it is not 10ml from what I can tell. I say that because the mark is sort of a Nike swoosh and not just a straight line, so there isn't really a reasonable way to judge the correct measure.
I've been using a graduated cylinder for measuring. Does anyone feel this will throw off the test? Were the tests developed for 10ml or the swoosh mark? The difference appears to be an ml or two, but that represents a significant percentage of the measured quantity.
PS Had these Elos kits and will probably replace with Red Sea Pro unless there is a better recommendation. Once upon a time I only used LaMotte kits as they were the "non hobbyist" kits that seemed to be much more precise, but since then the hobby kits have really gotten much better.
Presently using Elos tests. Some require filling to the 10ml mark and others require 5ml, for which there is no mark. When checking the 10ml marks on the Elos vials against another reference, it is not 10ml from what I can tell. I say that because the mark is sort of a Nike swoosh and not just a straight line, so there isn't really a reasonable way to judge the correct measure.
I've been using a graduated cylinder for measuring. Does anyone feel this will throw off the test? Were the tests developed for 10ml or the swoosh mark? The difference appears to be an ml or two, but that represents a significant percentage of the measured quantity.
PS Had these Elos kits and will probably replace with Red Sea Pro unless there is a better recommendation. Once upon a time I only used LaMotte kits as they were the "non hobbyist" kits that seemed to be much more precise, but since then the hobby kits have really gotten much better.