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Aquasonic or Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Nitrate Test kit?
Hiya everyone again. I currently have an Aquasonic(Australian brand) NO3
Test kit(almost finished) which is a four part process. Liquid, tablet, shake extremely vigoruosly for two minutes, wait 5 minutes, liquid, another liquid wait three minutes. The Aquarium Pharmaceuticals one seems to be a single liquid addition. Any advice on which one is more accurate? |
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Aquasonic or Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Nitrate Test kit?
I have both; they seem to give the same reading, but the AP one is much
simpler. BTW, it is two reagents, not one. -- Cheers, Poe to send email, add attach email to the end of oz "Tasslehoff" wrote in message u... Hiya everyone again. I currently have an Aquasonic(Australian brand) NO3 Test kit(almost finished) which is a four part process. Liquid, tablet, shake extremely vigoruosly for two minutes, wait 5 minutes, liquid, another liquid wait three minutes. The Aquarium Pharmaceuticals one seems to be a single liquid addition. Any advice on which one is more accurate? |
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Aquasonic or Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Nitrate Test kit?
Thanks for the info. AP it is.
"Poe Lim" wrote in message ... I have both; they seem to give the same reading, but the AP one is much simpler. BTW, it is two reagents, not one. -- Cheers, Poe to send email, add attach email to the end of oz "Tasslehoff" wrote in message u... Hiya everyone again. I currently have an Aquasonic(Australian brand) NO3 Test kit(almost finished) which is a four part process. Liquid, tablet, shake extremely vigoruosly for two minutes, wait 5 minutes, liquid, another liquid wait three minutes. The Aquarium Pharmaceuticals one seems to be a single liquid addition. Any advice on which one is more accurate? |
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Aquasonic or Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Nitrate Test kit?
I use the AP nitrate kit. The instructions are (1) add 10 drops
bottle one (2) shake bottle 2 for 30 sec. (3) add 10 drops bottle 2 (4) shake 1 minute (5) wait 5 minutes. I'm not crazy about all the shaking and waiting - is there a better one out there? |
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Aquasonic or Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Nitrate Test kit?
LaMotte is a great kit with cheap refills.
Multiple X4.4 to get ppm "cindy" wrote in message om... I use the AP nitrate kit. The instructions are (1) add 10 drops bottle one (2) shake bottle 2 for 30 sec. (3) add 10 drops bottle 2 (4) shake 1 minute (5) wait 5 minutes. I'm not crazy about all the shaking and waiting - is there a better one out there? |
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Aquasonic or Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Nitrate Test kit?
I'm pretty sure it's easier to shake a liquid than it is to try to dissolve
a hard to dissolve tablet by trying to shake it to death withinin two minutes. I almost end up with tennis wrist/elbow trying like superman to get the dang tablet dissolved within two minutes, lol. "cindy" wrote in message om... I use the AP nitrate kit. The instructions are (1) add 10 drops bottle one (2) shake bottle 2 for 30 sec. (3) add 10 drops bottle 2 (4) shake 1 minute (5) wait 5 minutes. I'm not crazy about all the shaking and waiting - is there a better one out there? |
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Aquasonic or Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Nitrate Test kit?
You might like the SeaChem nitrite/nitrate kit. The test procedure is
simple: fill a plastic dish with two droppers full of tank water, add one drop of reagent 1, then add a small spoon (small spoon measurer supplied) of reagent two powder. Stir the reagent two powder for literally 1 or 2 seconds, and wait 5 - 8 minutes for the color to develop. The test gives good clear results. The test is sensitive down to below 1 ppm nitrate. Another nice thing about this test, is that you can wait 5 minutes before adding reagent 2 (the powder) to see if any color develops from the first reagent alone. The same color chart (with a different scale) determines nitrites. After nitrites are determined, then you can proceed with the nitrate test by adding the second reagent. Alternatively, you can just test for nitrates and not wait for nitrite results (which is what I usually do if I am not concerned about whether biological filtration is working well). One caveat, I have noticed that the test is not accurate just after I add de-chlorinator. I wonder if others have noticed this with the SeaChem or other nitrate test kit. I have also heard good things about the Red Sea nitrate kit, though I have not tried it myself. -Bruce Geist "Tasslehoff" wrote in message u... I'm pretty sure it's easier to shake a liquid than it is to try to dissolve a hard to dissolve tablet by trying to shake it to death withinin two minutes. I almost end up with tennis wrist/elbow trying like superman to get the dang tablet dissolved within two minutes, lol. "cindy" wrote in message om... I use the AP nitrate kit. The instructions are (1) add 10 drops bottle one (2) shake bottle 2 for 30 sec. (3) add 10 drops bottle 2 (4) shake 1 minute (5) wait 5 minutes. I'm not crazy about all the shaking and waiting - is there a better one out there? |
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Aquasonic or Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Nitrate Test kit?
You can just come back in 4 minutes lol
"Tasslehoff" wrote in message u... I'm pretty sure it's easier to shake a liquid than it is to try to dissolve a hard to dissolve tablet by trying to shake it to death withinin two minutes. I almost end up with tennis wrist/elbow trying like superman to get the dang tablet dissolved within two minutes, lol. "cindy" wrote in message om... I use the AP nitrate kit. The instructions are (1) add 10 drops bottle one (2) shake bottle 2 for 30 sec. (3) add 10 drops bottle 2 (4) shake 1 minute (5) wait 5 minutes. I'm not crazy about all the shaking and waiting - is there a better one out there? |
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