Bad Red Sea Alkalinity Test Kit

Tristan · May 7, 2016

So I got the 3-in-1 Red Sea magnesium, calcium, and alkalinity. When I test the the alkalinity it never gives me the end color.

The number on the alkalinity tritation fluid vial is [HASHTAG]#22779[/HASHTAG] A13. Lot. 1045.

Has anyone else had this problem?

marine2463 · May 7, 2016

Yes I was just talking about this in another thread the end color is a peach color you won't get the red end color shown on the card ... Very difficult to know when the end color is reached

RMS18 · May 7, 2016

Same here the alk is very hard to read. I bought a hanna so much better.

Tristan · May 7, 2016

marine2463 said:
Yes I was just talking about this in another thread the end color is a peach color you won't get the red end color shown on the card ... Very difficult to know when the end color is reached

What did you do?

Dwb5 · May 7, 2016

Idk I was having trouble reading mine. I have now stared dosing to what red sea test was telling me. Now reading this I'm worried it was not a good reading. Going to test with my api tonight when I get home. What do I do if its out the roof high now?

kschweer · May 7, 2016

From my understanding when doing the test you are looking for the color change and not the exact color on the chart. Maybe @Randy Holmes-Farley or @redfishbluefish can chime in on this as well.

TheEngineer · May 7, 2016

Check out this vid. It helped me.

redfishbluefish · May 7, 2016

kschweer said:
From my understanding when doing the test you are looking for the color change and not the exact color on the chart. Maybe @Randy Holmes-Farley or @redfishbluefish can chime in on this as well.

This is correct. You are not looking to match the color on the card....simply looking for when it changes from one color to another, (and one more drop does not continue to change the color.)

Here's a video of the Rea Sea Pro Alkalinity test.

marine2463 · May 7, 2016

Yeah but in the video his turns dark red on mine it turns into a greenish color then peach and if I keep adding regent it get darker and darker so very hard to tell when is the end color

marine2463 · May 7, 2016

On there videos it looks very different than mine does

Tristan · May 7, 2016

redfishbluefish said:
This is correct. You are not looking to match the color on the card....simply looking for when it changes from one color to another, (and one more drop does not continue to change the color.)

Here's a video of the Rea Sea Pro Alkalinity test.

kschweer said:
From my understanding when doing the test you are looking for the color change and not the exact color on the chart. Maybe @Randy Holmes-Farley or @redfishbluefish can chime in on this as well.

Mine is a lot lighter color though than the one in the video than when I test my alk.