Kent Calcium and Kalkwasser?

[b.crabby]

Dewman,

What kind of test did you get your hands on. For $18.00 bucks you should get about 50 tests at least. Go to marinedepot.com and buy your self a Salifert test kit for the same price you paid.

 

[Dewman]

It is a pink box with a picture of a Nudibranch on the front of it. I can't remember the nema of it off hand.
I will try some other kinds.
Thanks

 

[Anonymous]

Dewman,
Sounds a lot like SeaTest made by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals.
And if your Ca is very high, you will have to use a lot of that final reagent to get the test solution to turn blue. Makes sense, right?
How many drops did you count?

 

[Dewman]

I have always been dosing with the starter pack from Kent Marine. It contains a bottle of liquid Calcium, Strontium and Molybdenum(sp?), and iodine. I follow the directions for use. Besides the Goniopora I have, everything else id a soft coral in my tank. Do I need to be using something else in addition to the calcium, like Aragamax or Kalwasser? Also, who sells the cheapest Calcium test kits? Mine was $18 and said it would do 8 tests. I had to use so many drops of the solution to get my mixture to the proper color, that I used half the bottle. This was after I had put in my first coral and didn't even need to test anyway.

Thanks
Joe

 

[Dewman]

well the first time ,1 month after adding liverock and aragonite, I tested it and it took twenty-something drops to do it. The second time, a little less.
That's the problem with that kit, if your calc is high, then you waste the solution.
It seems like they could come up with a dip test or a stick that you could drop in your skimmer tube and moniter the color of the stick. When the calcium gets low, the stick could lose it's color or something like that. I wish I were smart, I could make some money off an idea like this.

 

[Anonymous]

I think there might be some kind of electronic calcium monitor that'll do what you're asking. Problem is, they're very expensive.