Digital ph tester

[Emarley]

Hello fellow reefers,

Can anyone recommend a good reliable ph digital tester, I have defective colour vision so struggle to read colour test kits. After starting a thread and talking to other members on here I have now ordered hanna checkers for alk, phosphate and calcium, but also want to purchase a reliable ph tester.

Thanks in advance

Dom

 

[EmdeReef]

Hello fellow reefers,

Can anyone recommend a good reliable ph digital tester, I have defective colour vision so struggle to read colour test kits. After starting a thread and talking to other members on here I have now ordered hanna checkers for alk, phosphate and calcium, but also want to purchase a reliable ph tester.

Thanks in advance

Dom

Pinpoint ph meter is pretty good and reliable. You will have to calibrate ~monthly or so regardless of which one you get.

If you don’t want to spend that much you can get a cheap one on amazon for ~$20 that will work well too. Just again make sure to calibrate.

 

[Mjrenz]

Fwiw, the only digital ph tester I've tried was from Amazon and I think I paid around $20. It worked for about a month and then wouldn't calibrate, I ended up throwing it away

 

[Emarley]

Pinpoint ph meter is pretty good and reliable. You will have to calibrate ~monthly or so regardless of which one you get.

If you don’t want to spend that much you can get a cheap one on amazon for ~$20 that will work well too. Just again make sure to calibrate.

Sorry for the newbie question, how do you calibrate?

 

[EmdeReef]

Sorry for the newbie question, how do you calibrate?

You'll need to buy calibration fluid. Dip the probe for about a minute until the reading stabilizes (shake gently to get rid of the bubbles) and make adjustments on the meter usually with a small screw.

 

[Emarley]

You'll need to buy calibration fluid. Dip the probe for about a minute until the reading stabilizes (shake gently to get rid of the bubbles) and make adjustments on the meter usually with a small screw.

Thank you

 

[ryeguyy84]

The Hanna one is good, it also has a replacement prove available so you don't have to replace the meter if the probe dies

https://clearchoiceaquatics.com/col...103-checker®-ph-tester-with-0-1-ph-resolution