"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
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Jungle's Quick Dip sticks! Worthless... I called the water co. and
spoke to them about the high nitrates coming from my tap. Uh oh,...
these quick-dip sticks are very, very off.

My reading was 20ppm nitrates and his was .34ppm = what a difference!
My PH reading was 7.8 and his was 7.2.
My alkalinity was 300+ and his was 220mpl.

Just an example.... I may as well toss these $12 worthless sticks in the
trash can.

He suggested I use the other type of kit and not the Quick Dip type. In
his opinion they're the least accurate. I could have bought a nice
goldfish for that $12.

Gil's right you're not testing the same water.

I use the quick dips for testing the pond, but 'real' test kits for most
other things.


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