What test kits do you own?

[Be102]

What kits do you own and what do you test with them?

I am buying a Hannah checker for alk and then Red Sea tests for calc

I got a Milwaukee for salinity and will have a salinity probe from my Profilux.

if you have any backup test kits for redundancy mention them too!

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Red Sea for alk mag cal ph nitrate nitrite ammonia and phosphate. Hanna for cal and alk. Hanna temp/salinity for water changes as well as Milwaukee for salinity

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Red Sea on everything including iron, potassium and iodine.

Milwaukee for salinity.

 

[Jeeperz]

I have red sea no3, po4, ALK, Cal, mag. All the pro kits. I also have the others like nitrite, pH, ammonia but they are expired and have not used them in over 2 years

I have a Hanna dkh ALK checker but it's more of a pain to use and no more consistent than my red sea kit, so I mostly use red sea, when I double check they are usually within about .1-.3 dkh

I have a sea chem iodine test just for my interest. My iodine is way low to zero but am told it doesn't matter.

 

[Rstanphill]

I have the full red sea set. I alsos run a hanna for alk and salifert for mag.

 

[SimplyVibing]

I have freshwater and reef API kits and I hateeee them. Ordered the combo Salifert kit that should be coming soon.

 

[Han]

API master kit, some salifert ones, and a cheap refractometer. I don’t chase numbers much so while these probably aren’t the most accurate they help me keep things constant.

 

[BarSnackz]

All Red Sea with a Hanna for my PO4

 

[Jon Fishman]

I have a swing arm thingy that tells me my salinity, and a pH probe

 

[WVNed]

Nitrate, alkalinity, calcium, magnesium and phosphate. Yes I have ammonia and nitrite but havent used them since I started the tank. I have pH but rarely use it.

 

[DonTavo27]

Salifert for CA, AlK, MAG, PO4, NO3.
and api reef master set just for kicks

 

[Pau Hana Reefer]

API Saltwater Master Kit and Red Reef Marine Care Test Kit for pH, Ammonia, Nitrites, and Nitrates. In hindsight and after a year of experience, I would have just stuck with API.

Salifert for Calcium.

Hanna Instruments for Phosphate and Alk.

 

[Be102]

API Saltwater Master Kit and Red Reef Marine Care Test Kit for pH, Ammonia, Nitrites, and Nitrates. In hindsight and after a year of experience, I would have just stuck with API.

Salifert for Calcium.

Hanna Instruments for Phosphate and Alk.

How is api? Would grab them as a local backup as petco has them

 

[Pau Hana Reefer]

I'm personally very satisfied with API. For Nitrate, it's really important you follow their instructions. I compared API results to Red Reef for a lot of my tests and they were nearly identical.

 

[fish farmer]

Salifert for pH, Ca, Alk, Mg and Nitrate

Hanna for phosphate

some cheap refractometer for specific gravity.

 

[WVNed]

For a decade I used API and they work. Salifert is easier. All my tests now are Salifert. When you compare you get the same result if you do them right.

 

[Pau Hana Reefer]

For a decade I used API and they work. Salifert is easier. All my tests now are Salifert. When you compare you get the same result if you do them right.

Completely agree!

 

[pcon]

Hanna for Phosphate,

Salifert for Calcium, Alk, Mag, Strontium

API for Nitrate and Alk

Seachem for Copper and Iodine

Milwaukee digital refracto for salinity

 

[Scrubber_steve]

NO3, PO4, CA, ALK, MAG - Red sea.
Boron, Potassium - Salifert
pH - pocket meter.
Salinity - refractometer

I test their accuracy against seawater.

 

[rfgonzo]

Salifert for Alk, Cal, Mag, Cop, Iod, and No3

Hanna for Po4