test kits

[brownd1]

Any suggestions on test kits

 

looking to buy a combo kits for ammonia nitrate nitrite

 

and a salinty tester (Hydrometer)

 

Thanks

[gobies]

Hydrometer: SeaTest. Get a refractometer if you can afford it.

You want a full-range hydrometer in case you want to acclimate ghost shrimp to saltwater, for example.

 

Test kits: Seachem seems to be the best compromise on the price/accuracy scale. You'll want the following, eventually:

pH, both saltwater and high-range freshwater

ammonia

nitrate

calcium

phosphate

iodide/iodine

Hmmm. And probably in about that order, too.

 

The freshwater high-range pH kit needs to read up to at least 8.6. When you do a freshwater dip on a fish, the dip water needs to be the same pH as the tank water; also useful when you want the topoff water to be the same pH as the tank water

[brownd1]

thanks for the info

 

will look for those products locally

[gobies]

Whoops -- if I'd noticed you were in Canada, I would've mentioned www.mops.ca in the first post.

[Dave ESPI]

LaMotte are da best, but too pricy fer my blood to use every day.

I use Dry Tab and the Wardly "big 3" I call um... Amm, Nitrite Nitrate. Also Sea test calcium.

[brownd1]

thanks for the info