Sera test kits...anyone using them

[lotsoftats]

I just got my new Sera test kits and all my readings are way off from what they tested last week with a buddies API and salifert kits....Are these kits any good?

Sera...this morning before lights on
ph.....8
kh......8
no3......50 mg/l
po4......1
ca....440

My buddy is on his way over with his kits so I am gonna retest with his....I have also been dosing MB7 for the last 6 days for a med-high nutrient system....8ml a day 1/2 of the recommended dose....I would think the MB7 would make the NO3 drop some but it has went up...was reading around 20 on API kit last week.....What is going on.....I do 10g water change every week with coralife salt there is 5 fish in the system 2 ORA naked clowns purple pseduochromis bi-color blenny and a mandarin that eats frozen mysis I feed small amount 2 x daily.

fuge is full of cheato and 6 mangroves what is up with the Nitrates?

 

[lotsoftats]

ok here is the results with Salifert and API kits

salifert:
po4....0
KH....10.9
Ca....500

API:
N03...40-60...high will do a big water change tomorrow
Ph....8

 

[commonstranger]

Only use Salifert here.

 

[dvmkv]

i use api on some. i have a monitor that does the rest.

 

[ocd_mariner]

Never heard of sera. It's hard to trust any test kit honestly as there seems to be such a high degree of flux in all of them.

Salifert/Lamotte are what I use. Every now and then something just wont feel right and I will run grab an api/whatever test kit to double check.

Where did the sera kit come from?

 

[poolkeeper1]

I Think Sera Is a Good German Brand If I'm not mistaken, Fairly reliable I believe. I ordered Elos kits one time and they were out and sent A Sera Is how I came across them.
Bill

 

[lotsoftats]

Never heard of sera. It's hard to trust any test kit honestly as there seems to be such a high degree of flux in all of them.

Salifert/Lamotte are what I use. Every now and then something just wont feel right and I will run grab an api/whatever test kit to double check.

Where did the sera kit come from?

They are German kits as Bill said...I got them from Marine depot.