Ok. The accuracy and precision seems to be questionable. In the screenshot from the other post it gave values of the same water that varied by as much as .5 Dkh for alk, 30 ppm for calcium, 7 for nitrates, 0 for phosphates although other test showed they weren't 0, and over 80 ppm different for mag. It's just my personal opinion, but I'd just want more accuracy than that for the price. You said stability is important. How can you believe your tank is stable is there is so much variance?I don't. I try to keep things stable. The question about this test IMHO is not the value - it's the accuracy and precision for each test.
There have been some who have purchased this and not happy and some who like it. Yes, there is a shortage of cartridges from LaMotte who has gone from the market. I like the review made by Reef Breeders below. Also member @AydenLincoln owns oneSo, on the border of purchasing this unit. just trying to get a heads up on is the unit worth the money. taking into consideration time is money and the time it takes to do all the test with your Hanna checkers. and the accuracy of the unit test compared to the Hanna of Salifert test kits.
https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/p/94820/60230/lamotte-waterlink-spin-touch-ff-photometer
LaMotte WaterLink Spin Touch Salt Water Disks, Box of 50
LaMotte WaterLink Spin Touch Salt Water Disks, Box of 50 - Test Parameter/Range: Alkalinity, 0 to 300 ppm; Ammonia NH3, 0 to 4.0 ppm; Calcium, 200 to 800 ppm; Magnesium, 500 to 2,200 ppm; Nitrate NO3, 0 to 60 ppm; Nitrite NO2, 0 to 2.0 ppm; pH, 6.5 to 10.0 pH; Phosphate PO4, 0 to 2.0 ppm.www.forestry-suppliers.com
I recall that post...she didn't have any hard corals at the time i don't believe and didn't seem to have any plans to get any. Essentially she paid for a VERY expensive machine with questionable precision to measure just nitrate and phosphate (which doesn't give very precise results for this parameter)There have been some who have purchased this and not happy and some who like it. Yes, there is a shortage of cartridges from LaMotte who has gone from the market. I like the review made by Reef Breeders below. Also member @AydenLincoln owns one
API AquaSpin Tests Aquarium Water With Built-In Photometer | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog
The API Aquaspin is an exciting new device designed to automatically test aquarium water. Details about the Aquaspin are extremely scant, no website, no social media posts and even the video is…reefbuilders.com
same post and agree and I believe one multi test was even off
Yeah, the phosphate only measures to one decimal so if your phosphate is 0.05, it'll either show as 0.1 or 0. That's not really acceptable for most SPS reefkeepers.
I have all the dam Hanna tester and I was just looking into this one, I like that it's all in one. hate all those cuvettes. and all the separate testers, I think this is the one I'm going to get.Cool...just making sure that the standard error (which all equipment has ) is ok with you. It does surprise me that you don't mind doing phosphate tests separately but if that's good with you, that's all that matters. I really would at least look at the similar machine Hanna makes first though specifically for marine aquarium hobbyists. Here are a couple screenshots. Btw, the price is in baht...not USD. 25,000 baht is less than 1,000 USD by a good bit.
I knew someone just recently bought one. I was trying to spell her name Aiden, and nothing was coming up.There have been some who have purchased this and not happy and some who like it. Yes, there is a shortage of cartridges from LaMotte who has gone from the market. I like the review made by Reef Breeders below. Also member @AydenLincoln owns one
API AquaSpin Tests Aquarium Water With Built-In Photometer | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog
The API Aquaspin is an exciting new device designed to automatically test aquarium water. Details about the Aquaspin are extremely scant, no website, no social media posts and even the video is…reefbuilders.com
Yeah, totally understand. I was just trying to make you aware of cheaper options that accomplish the same goal and may be more precise. $400 and no additional costs like the disks you're going to have to pay for. But i completely understand that you have your preference.
Posted above- Ayden
I just bought this and what a blessing and time saver !! Does nine different tests
Did you really? That's the exact kit I recommend him earlier...I just bought this and what a blessing and time saver !!
Hanna Marine Master Multiparameter Photometer Starter Set (HI 97105C)
Yes that’s correct. There’s two versions both made by LaMotte. The only difference is the branding. I really like it! It’s quick and easy. But because it’s quick and easy it does have some drawbacks like only measuring phosphate to 0.1 but it’s great for cycling and fast results. If you have the money and want one I say get it especially if you are considering this or a Trident. It saves me so much time and frustration. I have tried so many other brands of test kits and they just frustrated me or I ran into issues.
I mean no disrespect but since you only need the nitrate readings, does it really save time?
I looked into it at one point. It's tiny sample volumes and has ball bearings in each chamber and spins it in a way to make the bearing do the mixing. Then reads the tiny test colors with a multi-led colorimeter.I am a tiny bit curious to put to the methodology to the test but won’t because of the price tag. Maybe I could get a GoFundMe going for the research or ask @Rick Mathew and @taricha to split the cost and we could take turns playing with it
I use all of them actually. And yes it does because it gives you result in 2 minutes. It’s not for everyone but it works for me and I love it.
This was a post apr 22nd:
Keep in mind that the Hanna Multi Tester only does one test at a time so will take longer to do same batch of tests over the individual eggs,,, which allow you to kind of overlap all of your tests (somewhat).
Why do you need any of the other parameters aside from nitrate if you only keep soft corals? Glad you love it btw!
That's very true. If it were me I'd value the precision and enormous amount of money which would be saved over that however. It's not only that the one kit is $500 more but the disks have to be bought for every test $3 each in packs of 50.
