Hello like the title says I’m a dipstick and I accidentally squirted the remaining .2 milliliters of the Calcium Salifert reagent into the Alkalinity reagent bottle (about a 1/4 left in the bottle) so my dumb question is will my alkalinity test not work properly now?
Accidentally put some different reagents together!
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ScottR
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Probably not. They don’t even recommend using the same syringes for different reagents. Also, you probably watered down your other reagent. As for chemicals mixing, I doubt you can get a clear reading. But you could try and test and see if your new number differs at all from your normal numbers.
ScottR
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Which kit are you using? You can buy new reagent for some kits.
Greg P
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Yup, I'd say your contaminated bottle is toast.
I take water from my sump in a cup and use my test syringes to remove test water from there.
Last year I squirted the remainder of Ca test reagent into the tank water cup instead of back into the Ca reagent bottle. Then I couldn't figure out why the rest of my tests were skewed.
Sometimes you just need to give yourself a head slap and move on. But it's fun to share ...
Like when I used to forget to plug my ATO pump back in, or I'd use the wrong calculation to mix bulk 2-part and get no results.
Have fun !!
I take water from my sump in a cup and use my test syringes to remove test water from there.
Last year I squirted the remainder of Ca test reagent into the tank water cup instead of back into the Ca reagent bottle. Then I couldn't figure out why the rest of my tests were skewed.
Sometimes you just need to give yourself a head slap and move on. But it's fun to share ...
Like when I used to forget to plug my ATO pump back in, or I'd use the wrong calculation to mix bulk 2-part and get no results.
Have fun !!
