Boomer
Reef Sanctuary's Mr. Wizard
Please add to this list if you are willing to vouch for a particular test kit.
Also possible "best kits" for ancillary parameters Sr, I, Si, B, K etc
Also comments on kits to avoid please don't put one that only one bad kit clouded your opinion and others sing its praises
Kits to Avoid
Red Sea
Hagen
Recommended Kits (mostly Aquarium Grade)
Salinity
Refractometers
ATC (Automatic Temperature Compensation) type
VeeGee
Vital Sines
D-D
Hydrometers
Swing Arms (Swing Arms can be accurate but will require excellent care to remain so)
Instant Ocean Hydrometer/Aquarium systems Seatest (others not wroth a crap)
Glass
Tropic Marin hand made Glass Floating hydrometer
Conductivity
PinPoint Salinity Probe
Hanna meter
Milwaukee meter ( a Hanna meter)
Ca (Calcium)
Hach
Salifert
Seachem
Tropic Marin
Elos
Aquarium Pharmaceuticals (API)
Mg(Magnesium)
Hach
Lamotte
Salifert
Tropic Marin
Elos
SaChem
Alkalinity
Hach
LaMotte
Salifert
Seachem
Elos
API
Hanna (new meter)
PO4 (Phosphate)
D-D from Deltec same as ROWA
Hanna Meter
Elos
Salifert
Hach
LaMotte
Glass thermometer
Miller & Weber (All Thermometers Made in America and Proud of it!)
pH
SeaTest/Fastest/ IO ( the best)
Kordon( the best like IO)
API
Salifert
Strips
EM Science
Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite
LaMotte
SeaTest/Fastest
API Salifert
HACH
Strips (Qualitative)
Mardel (Nitrate, Nitrite)
Jungle Quick Dip (Ammonia)
For the lackadaisical Reefer - dipsticks for qualitative results only (if you get into trouble and ask for help, I will probable politely, beat the crap out of you if the source of your results are dipsticks! ) You might be called a dipstick )
Lab Grade
Merck ( as some of their kits are seen in the hobby)
http://www.merckbiosciences.com/htm...kitresource.htm
Taylor
Welcome to Taylor Technologies
Hf Scientific
HF scientific - A Leader in Water Quality Measurement Solutions.
Lovibond
http://www.tintometer.com/start01.html
Orbeco-Hellige
Orbeco-Hellige Inc. Laboratory and Field Instruments and Reagents for Water Analysis » Home
Chemetrics
CHEMetrics, Inc. Home
HACH
Hach Company - Water quality testing instruments and reagents for laboratory, portable, and on-line applications
LaMotte
Water Quality Testing Products - Instruments, Test Kits, Reagents, Test Strips, Sampling Equipment :: Lamotte Company
Machery-Nagel.
https://www.macherey-nagel.com/web/...eb/framesE?open
EM Science ( now called EMD Chemicals , which Merck is tied in wit. EM is the company that makes the best test strips there are, such as EM Quants and some are realllllly pricey)
EMD Chemicals USA | Industrial and Laboratory Chemicals
Also possible "best kits" for ancillary parameters Sr, I, Si, B, K etc
Also comments on kits to avoid please don't put one that only one bad kit clouded your opinion and others sing its praises
Kits to Avoid
Red Sea
Hagen
Recommended Kits (mostly Aquarium Grade)
Salinity
Refractometers
ATC (Automatic Temperature Compensation) type
VeeGee
Vital Sines
D-D
Hydrometers
Swing Arms (Swing Arms can be accurate but will require excellent care to remain so)
Instant Ocean Hydrometer/Aquarium systems Seatest (others not wroth a crap)
Glass
Tropic Marin hand made Glass Floating hydrometer
Conductivity
PinPoint Salinity Probe
Hanna meter
Milwaukee meter ( a Hanna meter)
Ca (Calcium)
Hach
Salifert
Seachem
Tropic Marin
Elos
Aquarium Pharmaceuticals (API)
Mg(Magnesium)
Hach
Lamotte
Salifert
Tropic Marin
Elos
SaChem
Alkalinity
Hach
LaMotte
Salifert
Seachem
Elos
API
Hanna (new meter)
PO4 (Phosphate)
D-D from Deltec same as ROWA
Hanna Meter
Elos
Salifert
Hach
LaMotte
Glass thermometer
Miller & Weber (All Thermometers Made in America and Proud of it!)
pH
SeaTest/Fastest/ IO ( the best)
Kordon( the best like IO)
API
Salifert
Strips
EM Science
Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite
LaMotte
SeaTest/Fastest
API Salifert
HACH
Strips (Qualitative)
Mardel (Nitrate, Nitrite)
Jungle Quick Dip (Ammonia)
For the lackadaisical Reefer - dipsticks for qualitative results only (if you get into trouble and ask for help, I will probable politely, beat the crap out of you if the source of your results are dipsticks! ) You might be called a dipstick )
Lab Grade
Merck ( as some of their kits are seen in the hobby)
http://www.merckbiosciences.com/htm...kitresource.htm
Taylor
Welcome to Taylor Technologies
Hf Scientific
HF scientific - A Leader in Water Quality Measurement Solutions.
Lovibond
http://www.tintometer.com/start01.html
Orbeco-Hellige
Orbeco-Hellige Inc. Laboratory and Field Instruments and Reagents for Water Analysis » Home
Chemetrics
CHEMetrics, Inc. Home
HACH
Hach Company - Water quality testing instruments and reagents for laboratory, portable, and on-line applications
LaMotte
Water Quality Testing Products - Instruments, Test Kits, Reagents, Test Strips, Sampling Equipment :: Lamotte Company
Machery-Nagel.
https://www.macherey-nagel.com/web/...eb/framesE?open
EM Science ( now called EMD Chemicals , which Merck is tied in wit. EM is the company that makes the best test strips there are, such as EM Quants and some are realllllly pricey)
EMD Chemicals USA | Industrial and Laboratory Chemicals
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