Hannah Checkers

[Elude82]

Hi all looking for help. I am thinking about getting Hannah checkers. I have always used try API kits, but I want something that gives direct numbers as opposed to colorations for answers. I want to start off by getting one for Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate. I notice they come in high and low. Which one should I look at? Thanks in advance for any help and guidance.

 

[JTP424]

If your tank is cycled I wouldn't worry about ammonia.
Id recommend phosphates and ultra low nitrate

 

[Red_Beard]

Agreed, dont bother with the ammonia or nitrite one. Once you get your tank cycled you won't use them. The nitrate one really depends on what levels of nitrate you want to keep. I try and keep it in the 5-10 range so would recommend the high range. If you want to run ulns then go low range.

 

[Gtinnel]

I agree that I wouldn’t bother with ammonia or nitrite they would only be useful for a short amount of time as your tank cycles, and even then you don’t need exact measurements IMO.
As for nitrate I’d strongly recommend the high range one. The low range is a pain to use and only gives a very low range of nitrate that won’t be useful for many tanks.
I’d also strongly reccomend the ultra low range phosphate checker as well.

 

[rishma]

+1 for ULR phosphorus/phosphate if you are keeping a reef. Very handy. The only one I use more than that is the alkalinity checker.

I don’t find value in that level of precision for nitrate so I just use a regular kit.

And those are the only things I test for at home.

 

[commod0re]

I use the hanna nitrate HR checker more so that I don’t have to bend my eyes so hard to do the color metric test than for the resolution

 

[I never finish anythi]

Definitely get the nitrate HR and ulr phosphate. Forget the rest just use salifert.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I had a dream last night about buying a Hanna high range nitrate and a phosphate. I remember my wife testing the tank water and it was 6.8 phosphate. I told her to junk the thing and go back to using salifert.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I had a dream last night about buying a Hanna high range nitrate and a phosphate. I remember my wife testing the tank water and it was 6.8 phosphate. I told her to junk the thing and go back to using salifert.

Wow, I don't think I've ever had a water testing dream. lol

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Hi all looking for help. I am thinking about getting Hannah checkers. I have always used try API kits, but I want something that gives direct numbers as opposed to colorations for answers. I want to start off by getting one for Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate. I notice they come in high and low. Which one should I look at? Thanks in advance for any help and guidance.

I use the Alk, PH, Nitrate, UL phosphate, and calcium. Hanna checkers are the best in my opinion. They are pricy, but very much worth it. They take the guess work of reading color matches out.

 

[Reefer Matt]

Nitrate HR, and Phosphate ULR. The ULR phosphate tester has an accuracy of .02 ppm vs the regular one of .04 ppm.

The phosphorus tester (a third option) is for those keeping ultra low nutrient tanks and measures phosphorus (not phosphate) in ppb.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Wow, I don't think I've ever had a water testing dream. lol

It was the strangest thing. To make it even weirder, we were outside by a campfire, testing water. Why? I have no clue

 

[rishma]

Nitrate HR, and Phosphate ULR. The ULR phosphate tester has an accuracy of .02 ppm vs the regular one of .04 ppm.

The phosphorus tester (a third option) is for those keeping ultra low nutrient tanks and measures phosphorus (not phosphate) in ppb.

The phosphorus ULR tester allegedly has slightly better accuracy and works well at reasonable phosphate levels. I don’t keep a ULN tank. I’ve been using it so long I think in ppb phosphorus now, so I’d buy it again.

 

[Dragen Fiend]

I would only really recommend ULR phos, nitrate and alk. I still use API ammonia kit. Then salifert for calcium.

 

[redseaenroute]

Nitrate HR, Alk (dkh) and Phosphate ULR: All Hanna. The only other thing I regularly test is calcium (Salifert), Salinity (Milwaukee digital) and every now and then I will verify my temp probe is good with a cross check on my Hanna checktemp.