Is it worth it to buy all the Hanna Checkers?

[Cory]

I've been thinking of buying them all. Anybody have doubts? Are they accurate? Particularly I'd like to get the alk,phos, and calcium.

 

[Diesel]

Alk is good, PO4 low range is good. Cal not so, as you need to use all the time 0.0 TDS

 

[Rob Top1]

Alk and Po4 rock great tools. I skipped the Ca as the reviews I read said that it was inconsistent and as I understand it you need ultra pure water hannah sells it, ro/di is not pure enough

 

[Rob Top1]

I would have had my reply in before you Diesel if I wasn't driving. I wasn't trying to copy you...at least not on this, maybe some other things though

 

[Diesel]

I would have had my reply in before you Diesel if I wasn't driving. I wasn't trying to copy you...at least not on this, maybe some other things though

Dude, this hobby is not a race agianst who post first as long it makes sense.
Btw, Godspeed but don't text and drive.

 

[Damon]

I have alk, phos(736), calcium.

The alk and phos: Rick solid! Just off the bat, buy more phos reagents.

Calcium is, in my experience, even after buying the Hanna water, a pita because of its kind of unreliability, even with the water. I don't count on it much and use red sea when I actually do test calcium (which isn't often). I also use for honestly everything else (magnesium, iron, nitrate, etc) red sea.

But the calcium is the only one, after 3 sets of reagents(2 sent by Hanna) , 2 gallons of Hanna water, and crazy time experimenting trying to get it to work, I would say just pass.

They have nitrite, silicate and a few others or now also you may want to check into..

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

FWIW, my DIY alk test publication will be published in just over a month.

While I don't feel the need to test for it, the only checker I'd buy at the moment is the phosphorus checker.

 

[Cory]

Thanks everyone!

I will just get the phosphate and alkalinity.

The phosphate low range reads in ppb, how do I convert that to ppm?

 

[Cory]

Fwiw is it better just to get the po4 and send in my water samples to triton every month? Maybe that's more cost effective?

 

[Diesel]

Thanks everyone!

I will just get the phosphate and alkalinity.

The phosphate low range reads in ppb, how do I convert that to ppm?

SaltyZoo's Alkalinity Reading Conversion (meq/l / dKH / ppm CaCO3) Utility

 

[Diesel]

Fwiw is it better just to get the po4 and send in my water samples to triton every month? Maybe that's more cost effective?

I test ALK on a daily base PO4 weekly but never the rest, I use Triton US now but before it was AWT Aquarium Water Testing ? New.

 

[ReefFreak@]

alkalinity is good, get the ppb phosphate same price.calcium is not worth it. Remember to buy extra tests they only supply you with like 4 in the phosphate kit.

 

[Rob Top1]

Dude, this hobby is not a race agianst who post first as long it makes sense.
Btw, Godspeed but don't text and drive.

Was a joke, we posted basically the same thing moments apart. Certainly not reading and posting to a forum while driving. Based on the posts I have read of yours I thought you would get sarcasm. My bad

 

[Diesel]

Was a joke, we posted basically the same thing moments apart. Certainly not reading and posting to a forum while driving. Based on the posts I have read of yours I thought you would get sarcasm. My bad

It was :drum:

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Thanks everyone!

I will just get the phosphate and alkalinity.

The phosphate low range reads in ppb, how do I convert that to ppm?

It is in ppb phosphorus, not phosphate, so you need to multiply by 3.1 to get to ppb phosphate, then divide by 1000 to get to ppm phosphate.

 

[mike007]

Seems as though the alk. tester Is very close to other test kits but the ca. tester Is very eractic on Its reading compared with other test kits.

 

[tonymission]

I use the alk test constantly.. Have two of them actually

 

[Cory]

I used to have the 225$ phosphate version 5 years ago, you had to keep the vials very clean or it would give false readings. Should I buy a few extra glass vials?

 

[wangspeed]

The CA tester is accurate only if you use lab grade RODI, and a .5ml syringe for a tiny .1ml sample water size. You also need a tapered tip on the .5ml syringe to avoid missing the last drop. I'm pretty Ty proficient at using it now and I got consistent and sensible resumes.

 

[ReefFreak@]

I used to have the 225$ phosphate version 5 years ago, you had to keep the vials very clean or it would give false readings. Should I buy a few extra glass vials?

it comes with 2 just don't let the solution sit in there after it gives you readings and then let them air dry