Hanna Tester

[omeqa]

Hey all,

I want to start upgrading my testing kit from Salifert to Hanna now that my tank is cycled and have introduced a few beginner-friendly corals.

What are the Hanna testers recommended to have for corals?

As of now, these are the testers I have on my cart:
•Phosphate
•Alkalinity
•Calcium

And will continue to use Salifert for:
•NO3
•PH
•Magnesium

I own a 15G nano and do 20-15% water changes weekly.

Any recommendations appreciated and any suggestions on what to buy first in order, since I would like to avoid buying all at once

 

[Uncle99]

Phosphate (or phosphorus) is Hana’s best
CA doesn’t work well and is inconsistent
MG is not great as well

Salifert everything except ALK and phosphate

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I'm actually downgrading away from hanna, the regeant costs are getting out of hand.

hanna is the king for phosphate tests, nothing else comes close. But its super rare I test phosphate anymore

I like hanna for alk as well because its so fast and simple, but I cut down on my testing frequency to save on regeant costs. I do use the salifert test sometimes , again just to make the hanna regeant last longer.

I do like the hanna calcium tester but I only test every 6 months or so, just to check. IMO it should not need frequent calcium testing.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[omeqa]

I'm actually downgrading away from hanna, the regeant costs are getting out of hand.

hanna is the king for phosphate tests, nothing else comes close. But its super rare I test phosphate anymore

I like hanna for alk as well because its so fast and simple, but I cut down on my testing frequency to save on regeant costs. I do use the salifert test sometimes , again just to make the hanna regeant last longer.

I do like the hanna calcium tester but I only test every 6 months or so, just to check. IMO it should not need frequent calcium testing.

Just my 2 cents.

Oh. I haven’t even looked at the price for reagents. Ok. I have noticed a trend for magnesium and calcium testing being less frequent than Phosphates and NO3 testing. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[omeqa]

Phosphate (or phosphorus) is Hana’s best
CA doesn’t work well and is inconsistent
MG is not great as well

Salifert everything except ALK and phosphate

This a frequent comment I see. “Hanna Calcium and magnesium test aren’t accurate.” So that’s a nice way to save 60$ lol.

 

[Pistondog]

Red sea makes a combined calcium, alk, magnesium for about $60.

 

[gbroadbridge]

Hey all,

I want to start upgrading my testing kit from Salifert to Hanna now that my tank is cycled and have introduced a few beginner-friendly corals.

What are the Hanna testers recommended to have for corals?

As of now, these are the testers I have on my cart:
•Phosphate
•Alkalinity
•Calcium

And will continue to use Salifert for:
•NO3
•PH
•Magnesium

I own a 15G nano and do 20-15% water changes weekly.

Any recommendations appreciated and any suggestions on what to buy first in order, since I would like to avoid buying all at once

Hanna is great for Phosphate.

For the rest I just use Salifert.

I recently sold the rest of my Hanna checkers because Salifert are:
- About as accurate
- Cheaper to use
- Quicker to use