Water testing for colorblind folk

[sbeason]

Awesome post. I am an engineer and also really colorblind to blues/greens and reds/oranges.

I too have troubles reading my water specs so my 7 year old son reads it for me after I have done the test. I know he is not colorblind, he just took the test.

I did go with a ph monitor. No guessing there.

Going through engineering school and being color blind was kinda difficult.. especially when I had to wire up hydraulic circuits with green...red... and black. I always got the black wire right.

Thanks hamdogg for starting a great post. -Steve

 

[HBtank]

Whoever made the Salifert PH test is colorblind for sure.

That test is whack. At least i can decipher it is somewhere between 7.0 and 9.0 lol

 

[MarkPo]

I'm colorblind as well. I second (or third or fourth by now) the idea of getting a female friend or relative to read the chart. I picked up a wife for this- It's a bit more expensive then a colorimeter, but I consider it well worth the price.

I personally find most titration tests fairly easy to read myself, but have yet to find say, a nitrate test that I have any clue about.

And yes, depending on your methodology, freshwater tanks may require very little to no testing after initial setup. With a planted freshwater aquarium and using the estimative index method of fertilization, for example.

 

[hamdogg08]

Having a woman check it out is a great idea! Here, I've had one laying around all this time for ascetic reasons. I didn't know how useful she could be.

 

[Creamhorses]

Oh yes.........

Don't do any color coordinated comments without first checking with wife. I've got a brown/ green blue/ purple problem......Crap, I hate those cards that thers can see images, but all I see is dots!!!! But if that's as bad as is it gets. live is GOOD!!!!

CH

 

[WaterKeeper]

Hi Cream
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We try not to use colors on RC as we know so many people are color challenged.

 

[rbursek]

In all the stuff that is "politary correct" I never head of "color challenged" . I could take that as a racial statement!!!!!!! LOL