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Water testing setup

metareefer

metareefer

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Been 10 years since I've been in the hobby and was curious what people use and recommend now for testing. I was gonna pickup a set of Hanna checkers but wanted to see if anything better has appeared on the market.
 
Welcome back!
What are you checking?

For alk/ca/mg I use the Neptune trident
If not auto testing -then hanna works for alk, as well as sailfert. For CA I find Hanna too complicate and use sailfert.

For P and N I use Hanna
 
Salifert for alk, cal, mag, no3 and Hanna for ulr po4. I do have a Hanna alk as backup for the salifert but haven’t used it once I locked in the color change b
 
Most people here do not test their water, I do - this is all you need to know:

Alk - Hanna
Nitrate - Hanna High Range
Phosphate - Hanna ULR
CA / MG - Salifert
Salinity - Tropic Marin Hydrometer (unfortunately)

(Just joking - everybody is testing their water diligently)
 
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Alexander1312 said:
Most people here do not test their water, I do - this is all you need to know:

Alk - Hanna
Nitrate - Hanne High Range
Phosphate - Hanna ULR
CA / MG - Salifert
Salinity - Tropic Marin Hydrometer (unfortunately)

(Just joking - everybody is testing their water diligently)
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Why do you not like the hydrometer? Love that thing. It’s relatively inexpensive and no calibration needed (as long as you test at proper water temp).
 
L/B Block said:
Why do you not like the hydrometer? Love that thing. It’s relatively inexpensive and no calibration needed (as long as you test at proper water temp).
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Not great if your eyesight is not good. Specifically if I let it float in a large Brute container. Hard to read. But peerless except for expensive conductivity meter. I wish the club would buy one and bring to the swap and let people test their salinity - it would be eye opening for many. And salinity is arguably the most important parameter.
 
L/B Block said:
Why do you not like the hydrometer? Love that thing. It’s relatively inexpensive and no calibration needed (as long as you test at proper water temp).
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I have one but to dang big lol. I've only used it once, can't fit in my tank and so far I haven't done a huge water change beyond using a few 5 gallon buckets. Not really a complaint, I just find the Hanna checker more convenient.

Not arguing the other is likely more accurate here, however the Hanna keeps things from fluctuating when calibrated so I mostly stick to it. If I ever have doubts the TM one would give me a way to verify things.

Now if they would only make a mini version that's not over a ft long lol.
 
Alexander1312 said:
Not great if your eyesight is not good. Specifically if I let it float in a large Brute container. Hard to read. But peerless except for expensive conductivity meter. I wish the club would buy one and bring to the swap and let people test their salinity - it would be eye opening for many. And salinity is arguably the most important parameter.
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Buy a 14” hydrometer jar from morebeer for $7. That’s what I’m doing.
 
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