Reading Red Sea test results

TheWalkman99 · Oct 3, 2018

I have been using the Red Sea marine care multi test to test during my cycle. Pretty sure I’m towards the end just lowering my nitrates.
When I do the nitrate test am I suppose to read the results from the top or from the side? From the top I’m close to 10ppm as I can tell but from the side it looks like 50ppm. So I’m confused on my results.

Kirschy17 · Oct 3, 2018

Top. Theres a reason on the little carts theres these white circles to put the test vials on.

PatW · Oct 3, 2018

Yeah, it is top down.

Geebs19 · Oct 3, 2018

Top Down. I didnt mind that test for Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrates. Not too sold on the PH, hard for me to tell the difference in those colors. I hated the dKH test on that one, ended up just buying Salifert for that and picked up Salifert Calc and Mag.

Jesterrace · Oct 4, 2018

Yup, top down is the way to read the Red Sea.

Steve Jewell · Oct 5, 2018

I love my Red Sea tests...Kh, Ca, and Mg. Easy to test! I have a Sera Reef test kit and decided to get Red Sea after much research here. Sera is close enough but Red Sea is much better for the things I have to dose. I'm not familiar with the nitrate test though.

Geebs19 · Oct 5, 2018

Steve Jewell said:
I love my Red Sea tests...Kh, Ca, and Mg. Easy to test! I have a Sera Reef test kit and decided to get Red Sea after much research here. Sera is close enough but Red Sea is much better for the things I have to dose. I'm not familiar with the nitrate test though.

Are you using the Pro Kh or the Marine Care, they are 2 different ways to test KH, I found the Marine Care Test kit hard to read.