sfsuphysics
Supporting Member
Who uses one, and how "easy" is it? I bought a RedSea one and I have to say I'm about to find the company and send them a letter about how easy it ain't.
Ok there are 3 regents you fill 2 ml of water into the container
Put 1 drop of regent A, shake for 15 seconds, repeat that 4 more times
Put 5 drops of regent B in and shake for another couple seconds. It mentions a precipitation at the bottom but I see none.
Then get a pipette fill up 1ml of regent C, and put .4ml in and shake/stir up, then put 1 drop at a time from the pipette and stir up when it turns from pink to blue you're there.. Look at how much is left in the pipette and read off the chart your magnesum level
Ok no problem, I do this as directed (more than once btw), and I start dripping, one pipette later it still hasn't turned blue... I work on pipette #2 worth... still nothing.. at this point my magnesium should be over 2000ppm according to this, and from what I understand that's an impossibility. So I'm wondering if anyone has experience with this test kit? Are they all this god damn complicated? Anything easier like calcium like add a drop and shake until it turns a color without having to measure out 3 different regents?
Ok there are 3 regents you fill 2 ml of water into the container
Put 1 drop of regent A, shake for 15 seconds, repeat that 4 more times
Put 5 drops of regent B in and shake for another couple seconds. It mentions a precipitation at the bottom but I see none.
Then get a pipette fill up 1ml of regent C, and put .4ml in and shake/stir up, then put 1 drop at a time from the pipette and stir up when it turns from pink to blue you're there.. Look at how much is left in the pipette and read off the chart your magnesum level
Ok no problem, I do this as directed (more than once btw), and I start dripping, one pipette later it still hasn't turned blue... I work on pipette #2 worth... still nothing.. at this point my magnesium should be over 2000ppm according to this, and from what I understand that's an impossibility. So I'm wondering if anyone has experience with this test kit? Are they all this god damn complicated? Anything easier like calcium like add a drop and shake until it turns a color without having to measure out 3 different regents?