salifert copper test kit good for ionic copper?

[Gooli]

i was speaking with seachem regarding testing copper for cupramine dosing....she said she is not sure if the salifert test kit tests "ionic copper".... does anyone know?

 

[bertoni]

Cupramine is bound to an organic, so the Salifert kit might not measure it properly. That's what I'd expect, actually. I'd invest in the SeaChem kit, personally.

 

[Habib]

Gooli, if you already have the Salifert Copper test then you can use it for Cupramine.

 

[bertoni]

Interesting! So does the test procedure break down Cupramine? Or is it not as much of an issue as has been claimed?

 

[Habib]

Interesting! So does the test procedure break down Cupramine? Or is it not as much of an issue as has been claimed?

There was a discussion with Gregory Morin about their Cupramine and testing issues back in 2003.

Our test kit at that time (2003) was not able to detect Cupramine, we however changed that in 2003/2004.

A lot of people use our copper kit in combination with Cupramine, it works for them too.

Unfortunately I cant give details about the chemistry of the kit on a public forum.

 

[bertoni]

Okay, fair enough. I'll try to remember that it works with Cupramine.