Salifert? Seachem? -> Calcium? Ohh Bummer...

[ReefYourself]

Hello everyone,

 

Ive been testing my tank with a salifert alk test kit and a Seachem calcium test kit for almost a year now. I told myself that one day I would change to a Salifert Calcium test kit. Before the change parameters:

 

Alk: 2.9meq/L

Cal: 410ppm

 

I recently purchased a salifert calcium test kit....and to my suprise....CALCIUM READ 470ppm!!!!

 

Now, Ive been 2-part dosing for almost 1 year. I looked on reef chem calculator...and see that Cal and Alk are balanced at what is stated above.

 

I looked at another site: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/nov2002/chem.htm (Solving alk and cal problems)...and Cal 470 with alk @ 2.9meq/L shows that there is an inbalance

 

 

 

Any help??? I really don't know which test kit to believe!!!!!!

[lilopop11]

IMO ,Go With Salifert...

[bdare]

Seachem kits are notoriously bad.