Test kits for the color blind?

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enChroma glasses cure colorblindness (supposedly) You can do a indepth test on their site and see how well their glasses will help you.
http://enchroma.com/

sadly they say they wont work well for my colorblindness, so I just use the hanna checkers and go with it.
 
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enChroma glasses cure colorblindness (supposedly) You can do a indepth test on their site and see how well their glasses will help you.
http://enchroma.com/

sadly they say they wont work well for my colorblindness, so I just use the hanna checkers and go with it.

That is very cool. I haven't done a test since I was in kindergarten. And it did a excellent job of perfectly describing how I see colors. Sadly mine is a strong protan and they won't really help me either.
 
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Well I had a API dKH test on hand and figured I'd test it against my Red Sea to see how far off it was since it has a drastic change when you hit the proper dKH.

API - 10 dKH
Red Sea - 10.1 dKH

The API doesn't use decimal points though which would make it less accurate.
 

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Have exact same color blindness problems... Salifert Mag test is unusable to me and see no change .... Always need help on that one...
 
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I can normally do pretty good with the Red Sea Mg test I've been testing a lot the past few days trying to figure out exactly what to look for on them. Getting pretty close to the same numbers I get as when the wife helps me.
 
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Well I was kinda close on the Alk test. Thought I stopped at the perfect spot but I didn't stop soon enough.

I ran Randy's DIY alk test with .1N HCL and at 4.5 PH the Alk was 9.5dKH. That test is so simple. Much easier than looking for a color change IMO. A big thanks to Randy for posting that article.
 

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Well I was kinda close on the Alk test. Thought I stopped at the perfect spot but I didn't stop soon enough.

I ran Randy's DIY alk test with .1N HCL and at 4.5 PH the Alk was 9.5dKH. That test is so simple. Much easier than looking for a color change IMO. A big thanks to Randy for posting that article.

Glad it worked for you! :)
 

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Well I just found out we have 4 and 7 ph calibration fluids here, as well as .1N HCL. So from now on I'll use it as my Alk test.

Ive read to get the better calibration you should use 7 and 10 since its closer to what we use.

BTW- BRS has those fluids for less than a dollar each.
 
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Ive read to get the better calibration you should use 7 and 10 since its closer to what we use.

BTW- BRS has those fluids for less than a dollar each.

I was just going by what Randy suggested in the DIY Alk test article. I assume that since you are taking the ph down to 4.5 with the acid is why it is recommended to calibrate with 4 and 7 instead of 7 and 10.

I can calibrate them free at work in the lab. And I don't have to pay shipping.
 

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Yes, pH 7 and 10 are better for calibration prior to tank measurements, but pH 4 and 7 are better for alk titrations or monitoring a CaCO3/CO2 reactors (although any combination of calibration fluids should be OK since we rarely have need for high accuracy in pH). :)
 

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Hi to Hig789. You could get your wife to buy you a pair of EnChroma spectacles. If you google "Enchroma" that will give the manufacturers site and googling "Colorblind Man Sees Purple for the First Time" should point to a well known video site with this and other film; not sure I should post the urls. I haven't looked into the cost of these though.
Best Wishes,
Mark.


 

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My alk Red Sea test kit does the same thing. Goes to a beer color instead of the dark clayish red. I have checked it against other test kits and when the color changes from blue to a beer color it is done.
 

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