Thought I would throw this out there for discussion. Below is a table of a couple of ICP tests I've run as well as the N-DOC and a comparison to my own tests via Apex, Trident, Hanna, & Nyos. The first two columns were sampled within seconds of each other and I pulled the Apex & Trident data from the same time frame. The second two columns are from an earlier time when the N-DOC & Triton were taken within seconds of each other as well. Trident had been calibrated a day or two prior. My reactions:
-Alk - seems to match up pretty well between the three although triton only offers Carbonate Hardness through their N-DOC test ($$)
-Cal- All within 1 point of each other, pretty impressive for the Trident I would say.
-Mag- Trident is right in between the two tests
-Most of the trace and heavy metals are very similar between ATI & Triton, I don't have a way to manually test these
-ATI tests more parameters per kit but takes about a week longer to get the results
-ATI Tests Nitrate while you need the N-DOC to test for it from Triton, and you get a calculated number which doesn't seem correct to me. For the NYOS test I put in the closest color but I do feel like ATI has it right as the NYOS test was an inbetweener on the colors.
-One result from each of the ICPs was clearly inaccurate. For ATI it was silicone - reading at 2456 while the two Triton's have been 141 & 229. For Triton it was Phosphate at .06, when ATI read .17 and Hanna read .26. I've never clocked my phosphate below .16 on the Hanna and test almost every day, which is why I believe Triton was inaccurate this time. As well my first Triton came back .3, which was probably accurate at the time. I'm not pleased with either of the inaccuracies but I'd much rather silicon be inaccurate than phosphate, especially when one is clearly out of bounds and the other could be correct if I didn't have other means of data.
-I've attached the full PDFs to this thread and will update it with my next Triton (only one I currently have) as well as with my Aquabiomics results.
-Thanks for looking!
N-DOC URL https://www.triton-lab.de/en/showroom/n-doc/11055
-Alk - seems to match up pretty well between the three although triton only offers Carbonate Hardness through their N-DOC test ($$)
-Cal- All within 1 point of each other, pretty impressive for the Trident I would say.
-Mag- Trident is right in between the two tests
-Most of the trace and heavy metals are very similar between ATI & Triton, I don't have a way to manually test these
-ATI tests more parameters per kit but takes about a week longer to get the results
-ATI Tests Nitrate while you need the N-DOC to test for it from Triton, and you get a calculated number which doesn't seem correct to me. For the NYOS test I put in the closest color but I do feel like ATI has it right as the NYOS test was an inbetweener on the colors.
-One result from each of the ICPs was clearly inaccurate. For ATI it was silicone - reading at 2456 while the two Triton's have been 141 & 229. For Triton it was Phosphate at .06, when ATI read .17 and Hanna read .26. I've never clocked my phosphate below .16 on the Hanna and test almost every day, which is why I believe Triton was inaccurate this time. As well my first Triton came back .3, which was probably accurate at the time. I'm not pleased with either of the inaccuracies but I'd much rather silicon be inaccurate than phosphate, especially when one is clearly out of bounds and the other could be correct if I didn't have other means of data.
-I've attached the full PDFs to this thread and will update it with my next Triton (only one I currently have) as well as with my Aquabiomics results.
-Thanks for looking!
N-DOC URL https://www.triton-lab.de/en/showroom/n-doc/11055