JustinM
New member
Is there anyone else having lots of trouble with the consistency of salifert? Months ago I had problems with the Alk kits reading from 6dKH to 11dKH all the time. I switched to Elos and the readings have been much more stable.
Well, I was getting low on my Cal test kit and the LFS didn't have an Elos one so I decided to give Salifert another try. I took a reading of my almost empty kit and got 400ppm, and then I took a reading of my new kit and got 460ppm. I thought this was an error so I redid both test kits, got the same on my almost empty and got 480ppm on my new.
I understand that there is going to be a much larger margin of error in hobby grade test kits, but this seems to be a little too much. What is my calcium I wonder? I hate bashing vendors and what not, but this is not cool. Especially if you are going to pay almost $30 for something that doesn't work. If I would have know this, I would have just put the money in my kids piggy bank. He could make better use of the money and not have bought something useless and he is only 2.
Sorry for the little rant, just needed to vent. Thanks.
Well, I was getting low on my Cal test kit and the LFS didn't have an Elos one so I decided to give Salifert another try. I took a reading of my almost empty kit and got 400ppm, and then I took a reading of my new kit and got 460ppm. I thought this was an error so I redid both test kits, got the same on my almost empty and got 480ppm on my new.
I understand that there is going to be a much larger margin of error in hobby grade test kits, but this seems to be a little too much. What is my calcium I wonder? I hate bashing vendors and what not, but this is not cool. Especially if you are going to pay almost $30 for something that doesn't work. If I would have know this, I would have just put the money in my kids piggy bank. He could make better use of the money and not have bought something useless and he is only 2.
Sorry for the little rant, just needed to vent. Thanks.