Whats everyone’s Perferred test kits

[In the sticks]

Whats your Perferred test. What I use apex trident, Hanna alk, Hanna phosphate, Red Sea calcium pro, nyos nitrate, salifert mag. What do you use?

 

[EricR]

Hanna digital checkers -- Alkalinity dKH, Nitrate HR, Phosphate ULR
*but I'm color blind so kinda had to

 

[shakacuz]

hanna: ph, alk, cal, hr no3, ulr po4. thinking of getting the phosphorus ULR...
aquaforest: mag.
tropic marine: hydrometer(SG)

i started with using the red sea kit (alk/cal/mag/no3/po4), and BRS refractometer. i have them all as a backup whenever i believe a test came out wrong.

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

Hannah: HR Nitrate, ULR phosphate
salifert: CA,ALK,MAG
PH and temp monitored by apex
milkaukee digital refractometer and tropic marin hydrometer for salinity

 

[Aspect]

Apex seems to test pH, Temp, and ORP perfectly fine. Worthless for salinity. Everything else I use Hanna.

 

[Jekyl]

Salifert. 4 years now and only 1 faulty test along the way. Replaced the calcium test and never a problem again.

 

[GarrettT]

No3 - Salifert (not nyos!)
Po4 - Hanna ULR
Alk - Hanna

 

[melonheadorion]

mostly red sea with the exception of nutrients like N and P.
red sea pro for calcium and alk.
nitrates in the red sea kit is near useless, so i use nyos who has a easier to determine color chart
phosphate also use nyos. not too many phosphate kits out there, and nyos is the one locally i could find, but is easy enough to use

 

[In the sticks]

hanna: ph, alk, cal, hr no3, ulr po4. thinking of getting the phosphorus ULR...
aquaforest: mag.
tropic marine: hydrometer(SG)

i started with using the red sea kit (alk/cal/mag/no3/po4), and BRS refractometer. i have them all as a backup whenever i believe a test came out wrong.

Do you have any issues with the Hanna cal checker

 

[The_Skrimp]

Salifert for just about everything because it’s cheap and reliable. The only one that doesn’t work for me is the phosphate test.
I use the Hanna wand for salinity.

 

[shakacuz]

Do you have any issues with the Hanna cal checker

personally, no. i've had more issues with the ph checker than anything else... i bought a mc120 to monitor ph, but i'm not going to use it until i finally upgrade to my 75G

 

[In the sticks]

Apex seems to test pH, Temp, and ORP perfectly fine. Worthless for salinity. Everything else I use Hanna.

Is the orp worth having I don’t know much about orp probes that could prolly be a whole other tread lol

 

[PatW]

ALK - Hanna, Red Sea Pro and Salifert
Ca, N - Red Sea Pro
Mg - Salifert
Ph - Hanna ULR phosphorous