Phosphate Test

[KurtG]

I don't think my Red Sea Phosphate test will go under .1 ppm. I've
tried it with distilled water and I still get the 0.1 ppm. It seems to
be the color of the reagent the comes out of the bottle.

Any recommendations?

--Kurt

[Gill Passman]

KurtG wrote:
>
> I don't think my Red Sea Phosphate test will go under .1 ppm. I've
> tried it with distilled water and I still get the 0.1 ppm. It seems to
> be the color of the reagent the comes out of the bottle.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> --Kurt

I've never got a reading below 0.1 with mine either......I checked it
with a Nutrafin kit I had lying around and that gave me 0.25 so I'm
guessing the Red Sea one is correct in detecting a trace of Phosphate -
I've had the Nutrafin one down to zero after adding some Green X
Phosphate remover....

Gill

[Pszemol]

"KurtG" > wrote in message .. .
> I don't think my Red Sea Phosphate test will go under .1 ppm. I've
> tried it with distilled water and I still get the 0.1 ppm. It seems to
> be the color of the reagent the comes out of the bottle.
>
> Any recommendations?

Hanna Instruments electronic colorimeter :-)
Goes down to 0.01 mg/l :-)

[KurtG]

Pszemol wrote:
> Hanna Instruments electronic colorimeter :-)
> Goes down to 0.01 mg/l :-)

Not that it's out of my price range, but I do have a few higher
priorities. I'll just be satisfied that my phosphates are currently
unmeasurable.

--Kurt

[phil]

Salifert PO4 tests as low as .03. PO4 level of .1 or higher can cause
serious problems with sps and lps as well as fueling nuisance algeas. I
would suggest figuring out the cause and take the appropriate measures to
reduce.

"KurtG" > wrote in message
.. .
>
> I don't think my Red Sea Phosphate test will go under .1 ppm. I've tried
> it with distilled water and I still get the 0.1 ppm. It seems to be the
> color of the reagent the comes out of the bottle.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> --Kurt

[Pszemol]

"KurtG" > wrote in message ...
> Pszemol wrote:
>> Hanna Instruments electronic colorimeter :-)
>> Goes down to 0.01 mg/l :-)
>
> Not that it's out of my price range, but I do have a few higher
> priorities. I'll just be satisfied that my phosphates are currently
> unmeasurable.

It will be hard to find a test which measures reliably below 0.1 mg/l

[Inabón Yunes]

Just in case you didn't take this into consideration!
Try cleaning your instruments with hot destilled water and completely
esterilize even the pipet or syringes with clean water. Personally I even
dry it with alcohol to get rid of any humidity left.
If you use pure water, not tap, to zero your kit, there shouldn't be
anything to read. If you still get a reading then your chemicals are
polluted.
You should always get a reading, never zero, using your tank's water.
iy

"KurtG" > wrote in message
.. .
>
> I don't think my Red Sea Phosphate test will go under .1 ppm. I've tried
> it with distilled water and I still get the 0.1 ppm. It seems to be the
> color of the reagent the comes out of the bottle.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> --Kurt

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"Pszemol" > wrote in message
...
> "KurtG" > wrote in message
.. .
> > I don't think my Red Sea Phosphate test will go under .1 ppm. I've
> > tried it with distilled water and I still get the 0.1 ppm. It seems to
> > be the color of the reagent the comes out of the bottle.
> >
> > Any recommendations?
>
> Hanna Instruments electronic colorimeter :-)
> Goes down to 0.01 mg/l :-)

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"Pszemol" > wrote in message
...
> "KurtG" > wrote in message
...
> > Pszemol wrote:
> >> Hanna Instruments electronic colorimeter :-)
> >> Goes down to 0.01 mg/l :-)
> >
> > Not that it's out of my price range, but I do have a few higher
> > priorities. I'll just be satisfied that my phosphates are currently
> > unmeasurable.
>
> It will be hard to find a test which measures reliably below 0.1 mg/l