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Re: Red Sea vs Tetra nitrate test kit



Roxanne,

Do you have Red Sea Nitrate kit II.  If so there are 2
ways to measure nitrate, use the powder method.  This
is the most accurate of the 2 tests.

Lobos


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Roxanne Bittman wrote:

> I recently ran out of my old Tetra nitrate test kit,
which mostly
> read my two tanks at about 10-12ppm (I think Tetra
reads in ppm; they
> sure don't tell you that!).
> So, I purchased something local - Red Sea's nitrate
test kit,
> groan...
> 
> Then, I read all the bad posts on this kit; too
late.
> I tested my tanks and they test as 5ppm or half of
the amount given
> by the Tetra kit (at the same time; I had a little
left of the Tetra
> so compared them).
> 
> Which to believe?  I guess it's going to have to be
Lamotte in the
> future!
> 
> Roxanne Bittman

Don't feel alone.  I have had trouble with Red Sea
tests also.  And I
just tossed an old Wardley Nitrate kit that said my
nitrates were 10
times the level that my Seachem test kit showed.  The
Seachem Nitrite &
Nitrate test kit includes a vial of 10mg/l water for
reference/test
validation purposes.

Scott H.
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