Triton ICP

Deezill · May 18, 2020

Hello, fellow reefers. I have a question. I will be doing my first Triton ICP test once the kit arrives from BRS.
Can someone tell me the difference between the two test linked below because there is a difference in price.

Triton ICP from PA

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Triton ICP from BRS

Triton ICP-OES Water Analysis Test Kit

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I appreciate your help because this is new to me. Thanks.

Deezill · May 18, 2020

Anyone?

techlobster · May 18, 2020

Looks like it is mostly just a different lab that runs the test. There are a few differences in elements analyzed: The PA one adds chloride (odd to include IMO), rubidium, and cesium while the one from BRS adds titanium, tin, antimony, tungsten and bromine (this looks like a useful one).

Miller535 · May 18, 2020

I would stick with Triton. They are basically the ones you started using ICP testing for aquariums.

And as someone pointed out to me once, a ICP test is only as accurate and valuable as the person running the ICP machine. Triton has a long history of this. I have never heard of the other.