Hannah Nitrate Checker

[SAM89]

Looking into purchasing a Hannah Nitrate Checker for my saltwater tank. They come in Low Nitrate Checker and High Nitrate Checker. Which one to buy, or do you have to buy both?

 

[ReeferFive-0]

For nitrate most people want the high range that gives the reading in ppm. It has a range of 0.0 to 75.0.

 

[DED65]

High range is much easier to use.

 

[gbroadbridge]

Looking into purchasing a Hannah Nitrate Checker for my saltwater tank. They come in Low Nitrate Checker and High Nitrate Checker. Which one to buy, or do you have to buy both?

High range is where most folks want to keep their tanks.

 

[SAM89]

High range is where most folks want to keep their tanks.

Thank you

 

[SAM89]

High range is much easier to use.

Thank you

 

[Reeferbadness]

I have both - and find both not very good. The low range is a very involved testing process that takes around 10 - 15 minutes with many steps. The high range i found not very reliable. Seafert has one that takes about 3.00 and is good enough to let you know where you are.. for me, it was very low to undetectable until i slowly raised mine by dosing.

 

[exnisstech]

High range works for me. I accidentally bought the low range first and sold it once I found out how involved the test is to perform.

 

[Reef.]

Low range only reads up to 5ppm, most tanks will have higher nitrate, and it takes about 25mins to do the test, they say it’s slightly more accurate but most people don’t need nitrate to be that accurate.

I find the high range to be very good.

 

[gbroadbridge]

I have both - and find both not very good. The low range is a very involved testing process that takes around 10 - 15 minutes with many steps. The high range i found not very reliable. Seafert has one that takes about 3.00 and is good enough to let you know where you are.. for me, it was very low to undetectable until i slowly raised mine by dosing.

That's true. I switched back to Salifert from Hanna because they read pretty much the same and the test is easier and faster