Time testing water

[elysics]

It seems to be an annoying 'feature' they built into the hobby seawater testers.

The hold for timer is in copper HR, but not copper LR for example.

I just use a timer and ignore the hold for timer, as you can use the time to ensure the cuvette is clean and no bubbles have formed before hitting the test button.

Just to add, don't do that with the HI736. It will turn off and reset if you wait that long without starting the hold function.

 

[EricR]

Just to add, don't do that with the HI736. It will turn off and reset if you wait that long without starting the hold function.

Yeah -- already done that twice with the Nitrate HR,,, and I've only used it 4 times so far.
Gotta print a "HOLD C2" label like someone showed in this thread earlier.

 

[Sean Clark]

Half hour to do Hanna ALK, HR nitrate, and ULR phosphorus. I use salifert for calcium and magnesium.

It helps to have everything in one place(as opposed to all those hanna boxes). Something like this helps:

My regiment is:
Hanna ALK
salifert calcium
Salifert magnesium
Fill both cuvettes for the nitrate and phosphate kits. Start the nitrate kit, shake for 2 minutes, put in egg. The start the phosphate kit. By time the phosphate kit is done, I have about 2 minutes left on the nitrate kit.


AND FWIW.....
You don't need to make sure very drop of reagent is out of the packet. Hanna has stated there is extra in the packet, and not every grain is needed.

Pelican case... just for good measure. We done.

 

[fish farmer]

New to Hanna checkers so the "HOLD" button thing has bit me. I like the label idea (and wife has a little label printer).

Don't remember which Hanna requires what right this second but it seems like one that I have has a built-in timer for one thing but not for another part of same test -- seems like it should have timer for both.

On the funnel for Hanna reagents thing,,, someone else posted this cheapie funnels so thinking about this (but haven't tried yet):

Small Funnels

I've pushed "hold" for too long and turned it off...I burned through the handful of packets the first day I was figuring out how to use it.

I know everybody loves those hannas...but seems you need a clean room to use them. I've scratched the cuvettes, gotten cat hairs floating around in them, done all the instructions perfect and the unit tells me the vials are inverted. Don't even try to use it if you are jittery on coffee...

 

[gbroadbridge]

Just to add, don't do that with the HI736. It will turn off and reset if you wait that long without starting the hold function.

Interesting, I didn't know that. I don't have the ULR Phosphorus, as I use LR phosphate.

I wish Hanna would be consistent, and perhaps just do away with press and hold and always use the timer.
Changing it now would be real bad though

 

[Danroo]

At some point you should know what your tank needs that might help you cut off the testing part all the time. Alk for me is inconsistent so I have to test it every other day. Everything else can be test once a week for me.