Best Test Kit or meters to Buy

[Jimmy]

What is the best test kit out there? I'd like to get one that has ALL the
possible tests I could want. I keep both fresh water plants and fish. I may
get into brackish or marine tanks one day.

Are there any meters that one can buy other than a PH meter?

Thanks,
Jim

[RedForeman ©®]

it doesnt' really exist... AP makes the better liguid tests, IMO, but I
still need iron, phosphate, nitrAte, and those are all dry tab or stick
tests.... so it's probably not going to be one single package test....
YMMV...
"Jimmy" > wrote in message
news:XcSeb.480516$cF.167158@rwcrnsc53...
> What is the best test kit out there? I'd like to get one that has ALL the
> possible tests I could want. I keep both fresh water plants and fish. I
may
> get into brackish or marine tanks one day.
>
> Are there any meters that one can buy other than a PH meter?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
>

[Dan Drake]

On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 09:28:23 UTC, "Jimmy" > wrote:

> ...
>
> Are there any meters that one can buy other than a PH meter?

Total Dissolved Solids. (The name is misleading, since it measures total
*ionic* dissolved solids, but what the heck.) A pocket-sized meter that
measures electrical conductivity. Very nice to know whether how much
osmotic shock your critters will experience in moving from one environment
to another.

In the marine-tank biz, people are often concerned with redox potential;
many lab-grade pH meters are equipped to read this, using a special
electrode for it.


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