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bstuver 
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Posted: August 23 2010 at 12:55am |
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So I know a lot of people recommend the Salifert brand test kits but they are pretty pricey, I am wondering what the next best would be? I have most of the test kits I need right now but for future I would like a kit that maybe comes with all the different ones instead of individual boxes and what not.
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Jackie Stuver
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Posted: August 23 2010 at 1:19am |
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API would be the next thing i got my kit for 17 bucks that includes Ammonia, Nitrite, nitrate, ph test kits. the master that i got for 19 with includes ALK. Calcium. Phosphate.Ph and nitrate. Salifert are expensive i got 6 of them 20 bucks each good brand though.
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Ryan Thompson
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Posted: August 23 2010 at 9:03am |
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I have never found a good master kit on the market. I use Salifert currently but will be switching to Elos when I run out of my test kits I have now.
The problem I see with master test kits is that most are pointless. In the 4 years of being in this hobby, I have never owned a Nitrate, Nitrite, or Ammonia test kit. I take that back actually. I bought a master test kit once and never used anything but the calcium test and it was pretty bad. I bought it like the first month of being in the hobby.
The only test kits I think people really need are Alkalinity, Calcium and Magnesium.
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jwoo
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Posted: August 23 2010 at 10:26am |
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I agree with Ryan, that's all I test for as well. If I need to test for something else I can always go to the LFS.
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Posted: August 23 2010 at 11:18am |
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Stick with Salifert, worth every penny. "Just take into account what you are spending on coral, and ask yourself if the difference is really that much for a test you can trust."
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