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[Sir Alex]

I know this isn't really related but are the sailfert test kit better than the red sea ones? I got the red sea magnesium test kit thinking it looked better than the sailfert but I'm getting really high readings.

 

[Bifferwine]

I don't like the Red Sea ones. Salifert are better, IMO.

 

[Sir Alex]

I don't like the Red Sea ones. Salifert are better, IMO.

Great, there goes $30. -_-

 

[OceanCrazy]

U can still use that one for tests when its done get the other.

 

[AmberSunrise]

I like my API test kit pretty accurate in my use

 

[Sir Alex]

Well back to the topic:

The only real problem I've had with API test kit is that once I tested nitrates when the bottles were low and it read like off the charts, so I got a new kit and it read below 20 ppm. -_-

 

[Solarfall]

Just want to chime in on a similar subject, not trying to hijack the thread. One of my LFSs was out of Salifert NO3 test kits for awhile and I went through two Elos NO3 kits worth of tests. Both these kits would read a .5ish NO3 ppm at minimum even if I would test a clearly 0 nitrate tank. I had tested at least a dozen tanks with this kit.

The goofy thing is, I remember these guys saying that Elos was the future of testing, or something to that end in magazines.

 

[Bifferwine]

That is funny, because although I've never used Elos test kits myself, they have always been highly recommended.