i dont think i have aq prob reading my ph although it is hard. couple
points and questions.
You have to have the right lihting. The way i can describe how to view a
purple ph scale... FulL sunlight in the evening shining thru a window is
about as bright as you want to get, hold a white background about a 1/2 away
from the tube, thats the most important part. then observe thru the tube at
the white background and concentrate on this hue at the same time holding
the color chart in THE SAME LIGHT next to it so you can subconsciously
compare without taking your eye off the tube. then just glance back and
forth... etc...
i thought i may have been color blind but after looking at those charts i
may not be after all. but either way, I DONT THINK THAT MATTERS, other
vision probs may, and other tests may, im only familiar with the purple test
and know that comparing the shades, even if i could only see black and white
would still be accurate cause its all about shdes more that colors. its all
the same base color! color blindness works differently than this.
Now question. IS 8.4 PH too much? cause this is what my ancient cremsel
red drop test says, and i believe it cause i live in the desert and my reef
gets water straight from the town ground pumps, thru the storage tanks, into
my tap, un filtered,un chlorinated, unsoftened, uncontaminated, very rich in
minerals.
what should i do about my ph?
I use Salifert nitrate, i like it, but dont exactly like scooping salts...
wolfhedd.
"Stephen" wrote in message
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I just ordered one too. The PH test kit is the one I am having the most
trouble reading.
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"plaguebeast" wrote in message
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Pinpoint ordered. I should have it tomorrow. I hope the 8.0 is really
8.2
and I am misreading the color.
"Marc Levenson" wrote in message
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I've found the Salifert test kits to be best, except for pH - imho.
I
use a
Pinpoint Monitor for that, and finally *know* what the pH is. Heck,
when
the
meter said 8.3, I ran for my Salifert test kit to see it finally match
that
kelly green color. It didn't, btw.
I do know that you need to read your results under normal daylight -
yet
not
direct sunlight. Looking at your test results under fluorescents
won't
make
things easier, I guarantee you. So I do my tests indoors, and step
outside for
a minute to look down on the color chart and vial. I do my tests on
Saturdays,
during the afternoon when the sun has shifted to the front of the
house
and away
from me.
Marc
Stephen wrote:
I too am beginning to realize that I must have a slight color
recognition
problem. I just purchased one of the Hagen master kits and am having
great
difficulty with it. I keep having to call in my wife to double check
me.....
After looking in to it, it seems that this is not to uncommon in men
and
will continue to get worse with age.
So far, I have had good luck with the fastest kits that have the
color
chips
built into the testing container. I have also been able to judge the
AP
DryTab kits fairly well, but am concerned about their accuracy.
I have been searching for the right kits for myself for sometime
now.
I
had
just never imagined that it could be a color recognition problem....
I
am
thinking about putting my Hagen kit up on ebay and trying something
else...
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"plaguebeast" wrote in message
.. .
I am very color deficiant. I don't see colors quite the same way
as
most
people do and therefore I have a real problem telling the
difference
between
subtle colors like those in most test kits.
If anyone here has the same problem and can direct me to a test
kit
that
is
easier to use, please, please, send me a link. My wife is getting
tired
of
"Honey, which color does this match to ?"
pb
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