I have been using the API kit for years now and i havent had issues growing the 70 corals i have. But i decided to try to salifert kit. And the kits are way off from eachother.
Api is reading my water at 440 right now.
The salifert i tried three time and got three different results. Ive used these kite before so i know how to do them. Make sure air bubbles are outa the syringe. Make sure crystals are even with the scoop.. 10 drops of the dropper isnt too hard lol. Shake for 10 sec.. squirt to the 2ml line swirl and keep going until it turns blue. Well the first test mine turned blue on the 2nd line. 2nd test it turned blue on the 0 line. 3rd test blue on the 3rd line.
Did api 3 three times and everytime i got 440. But this stupid salifert kit is just off each time.
0 is 500 2 is 490 and 3 is 485. All of which are 40-50 points higher then the API kit.
Honestly i dont care how bad some people think API is ive always had consistant results with all their kits. And salifert is different each time you do it or each kit.
I have magnesium kits from salifert where one reads 1250 the other reads 1450.
My salinity is 1.027 btw. I keep it a little higher because ive noticed my lps puff up more.
Anyway. I dunno what to believe now the 440 or the 485 or 490 or 500.
Anyone else have issues with these salifert kits ? Or is my calcium really 490 lol.
Api is reading my water at 440 right now.
The salifert i tried three time and got three different results. Ive used these kite before so i know how to do them. Make sure air bubbles are outa the syringe. Make sure crystals are even with the scoop.. 10 drops of the dropper isnt too hard lol. Shake for 10 sec.. squirt to the 2ml line swirl and keep going until it turns blue. Well the first test mine turned blue on the 2nd line. 2nd test it turned blue on the 0 line. 3rd test blue on the 3rd line.
Did api 3 three times and everytime i got 440. But this stupid salifert kit is just off each time.
0 is 500 2 is 490 and 3 is 485. All of which are 40-50 points higher then the API kit.
Honestly i dont care how bad some people think API is ive always had consistant results with all their kits. And salifert is different each time you do it or each kit.
I have magnesium kits from salifert where one reads 1250 the other reads 1450.
My salinity is 1.027 btw. I keep it a little higher because ive noticed my lps puff up more.
Anyway. I dunno what to believe now the 440 or the 485 or 490 or 500.
Anyone else have issues with these salifert kits ? Or is my calcium really 490 lol.
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