Testing Water Electronically.
 

Hello,

I was wondering if you guys could recommend a probe or meter which tests the
water for the following:

- Nitrite
- Nitrate
- Ammonia
- PH

Any ideas? I hate these damn test kits!!!

Thanks for any help! I am in the UK.

Regards,

Gary.

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Electronic meters are superior, sure, but are you prepared for the
cost? I haven't seen one unit that monitors all those things, (not to
say it doesn't exist, due to the money involved I haven't researched
them deeply) but to give you an idea of the kind of money you're
looking at, a decent PH monitor will run you 75 US dollars (about 57
Euros) and up. From my observations, most aquaria-related products
are much more expensive in the UK.

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"Gary" wrote in message
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| I was wondering if you guys could recommend a probe or meter which
tests the
| water for the following:
|
| - Nitrite
| - Nitrate
| - Ammonia
| - PH
|

"Billy" wrote in message
...
Electronic meters are superior, sure, but are you prepared for the
cost? I haven't seen one unit that monitors all those things, (not to
say it doesn't exist, due to the money involved I haven't researched
them deeply) but to give you an idea of the kind of money you're
looking at, a decent PH monitor will run you 75 US dollars (about 57
Euros) and up. From my observations, most aquaria-related products
are much more expensive in the UK.



If I could find the right equipment, I would maybe pay up to £200 - £250
(around 300 euro / 400 dollers). Obviously, I would want something which
did all the tests if possible...
They are extremely hard to find, maybe I am not looking in the right places
though...

If you see anything, let me know! :)

Gary.

"Gary" wrote in message
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| They are extremely hard to find, maybe I am not looking in the
right places
| though...
|
| If you see anything, let me know! :)
|


Sure thing. :)

"Gary" wrote in
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Hello,

I was wondering if you guys could recommend a probe or meter which
tests the water for the following:

- Nitrite
- Nitrate
- Ammonia
- PH

Any ideas? I hate these damn test kits!!!

I have inquired about such things in the past and found that nobody has
made electronic tests for the first three. I may have found poor
information, or the facts may have changed since then, but that was what I
found at the time.

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Gary wrote:
Hello,

I was wondering if you guys could recommend a probe or meter which
tests the water for the following:

- Nitrite
- Nitrate
- Ammonia
- PH

Any ideas? I hate these damn test kits!!!

Thanks for any help! I am in the UK.

Regards,

Gary.

The electronic devices are a lot more work than the test kits. I have a PH
and an Ammonia one. The ph has to be re-calibrated every few weeks, and if
the probe dries out, you need to get a new one (40 dollars for that).. The
ammonia one is only good for so long. I dumped the electronic one for this
one:

http://www.bigalsonline.com/catalog/...tegory_id=3095

The other two, the same co thats making the ammonia disk will be releasing
nitrate and nitrite one too

"Gary" wrote in message
.uk...
Hello,

I was wondering if you guys could recommend a probe or meter which tests
the
water for the following:

- Nitrite
- Nitrate
- Ammonia
- PH

Any ideas? I hate these damn test kits!!!

Thanks for any help! I am in the UK.

I have never heard of a meter that will test for all of your requirements,
and doubt very much that you will find one. However, if you want a good
meter for pH/EC have a look he
http://www.hannainst.co.uk/acatalog/...pH_meters.html

The HI-98129 is the one I use almost daily at work. It is great, and very
accurate so long as you follow the instructions precisely, and are careful
with it. These sort of meters are sensitive instruments--treat them with
the care they deserve and you will be assured of accuracy AND longevity.
(My current 98129 is nearly two years old and works like new.) I find that
the majority of fish folks are quite negative about pH meters, and that for
the most part their comments indicate that they dont really understand how
to treat the instrument.

The electronic devices are a lot more work than the test kits. I have a PH
and an Ammonia one. The ph has to be re-calibrated every few weeks, and if
the probe dries out, you need to get a new one (40 dollars for that).. The
ammonia one is only good for so long. I dumped the electronic one for this
one:

Looks good shame they don't ship abroad though.

Hi,
just saw it at the uk website below.
http://www.aquatics-warehouse.co.uk/...ALERT_183.html
Chris.

Ali Day wrote:
The electronic devices are a lot more work than the test kits. I have a PH
and an Ammonia one. The ph has to be re-calibrated every few weeks, and if
the probe dries out, you need to get a new one (40 dollars for that).. The
ammonia one is only good for so long. I dumped the electronic one for this
one:


Looks good shame they don't ship abroad though.

Typical, twice the price as always :)

Regards,

Gary.

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"Chris" wrote in message
...
Hi,
just saw it at the uk website below.
http://www.aquatics-warehouse.co.uk/...ALERT_183.html
Chris.

Ali Day wrote:
The electronic devices are a lot more work than the test kits. I have a
PH
and an Ammonia one. The ph has to be re-calibrated every few weeks, and
if
the probe dries out, you need to get a new one (40 dollars for that)..
The
ammonia one is only good for so long. I dumped the electronic one for
this
one:


Looks good shame they don't ship abroad though.