want to null a claim I'm holding currently...that using titration kits for anything is chemical horseshoes and the masses make jumpy responses usually lacking any bioindicators in the tank.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/salifert-nitrate-test-card.273649/
Online searches show comparison threads between hobby test kits going back to early 2000s and the links show unless it's a verified probe reading, every known hobby kit gives a different reading, some by huge margins
Reference any ten pH problem threads on any forum. Or alk problems
Of the ten, how many are from readings from tests already covered in comparison threads? (8) yet to this day, most posts about pH problems are from the test groups shown to read wrong.
*to base any tank reaction on api readings is the number one problem I see in mass reaction posts
80% of every poster wanting a magnesium dropping or a pH boosting is using kits directly from those old threads, but never consider the reading may not be what an accurate probe would say. Discuss
Look at this back and forth over the ammonia badge and the nuances it takes to read one and trust it
http://reef2reef.com/threads/ammonia-and-prime.260953/
Ps, flashlight trick not in the directions.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/salifert-nitrate-test-card.273649/
Online searches show comparison threads between hobby test kits going back to early 2000s and the links show unless it's a verified probe reading, every known hobby kit gives a different reading, some by huge margins
Reference any ten pH problem threads on any forum. Or alk problems
Of the ten, how many are from readings from tests already covered in comparison threads? (8) yet to this day, most posts about pH problems are from the test groups shown to read wrong.
*to base any tank reaction on api readings is the number one problem I see in mass reaction posts
80% of every poster wanting a magnesium dropping or a pH boosting is using kits directly from those old threads, but never consider the reading may not be what an accurate probe would say. Discuss
Look at this back and forth over the ammonia badge and the nuances it takes to read one and trust it
http://reef2reef.com/threads/ammonia-and-prime.260953/
Ps, flashlight trick not in the directions.
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