A question regarding red sea test kit pro...

[Yani1133]

And lol if you think that is bad get together a few friends and have everyone test the same sample.

 

[BKLYNREEF123]

I would be willing to conduct a test. anyone else?

 

[edd]

The air you getting is the air your sucking up from the plastic tip attachment. If you take the plastic removable tip off you can get up to exactly 1 ml but your drops are bigger. Best thing you can do is it is what you are titrating with, subtract the air bubble space off your final volume from the calculations. And as for the different volumes everytime its why these are cheap disposable pippettes that would never be used in a lab.

the test is calibrated with the air and the tip, if you remove the tip you will be adding more solution and throw the test off.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

the way to do it is remove the tip dab it on a paper towel (not pointy side) and then it works like it should. I'm pretty sure the level should be .09ml of liquid. The rest is air and the other liquid not shown is in the tip. its been working great this way since I've been doing it this way

 

[lnevo]

the test is calibrated with the air and the tip, if you remove the tip you will be adding more solution and throw the test off.

Thats not true. Thats not how a syringe works. If the tip were not there you will get less air and more solution in the syringe. The syringe markings are what are calibrated. When you start at the 1.0ml mark you are measuring how far the plunger moves as you add solution.

 

[edd]

Thats not true. Thats not how a syringe works. If the tip were not there you will get less air and more solution in the syringe. The syringe markings are what are calibrated. When you start at the 1.0ml mark you are measuring how far the plunger moves as you add solution.

yes you are correct.

 

[46nBliss]

Not a fan of the Red Sea test kits compared to Hanna checker and salifert.

I can't complain about there customer service I let them know about the problems I was having with alk test I was getting very very low numbers on fresh batch of saltwater. And they sent me a new kit no questions asked.

 

[BKLYNREEF123]

I'm getting some lab grade equipment to be able to draw and properly titrate the specified volumes according to the directions. I will start testing Red Sea Coral Pro Salt since that is what I use. Anyone want to bring their RS kit and put the batches to the test? Maybe mix ESV and some other quality mixes and see how our results differ ? Hanna checkers Salifert ???

 

[ankgodawat]

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