Poll on personal opinions on test kits in the mkt.

[Crab]

Everyone here recommend Salifert. The problem is very few LFS carries it, and they're very expensive.

I guess other brands, sometimes, can be quite reliable, depending on what you are testing. Hope to consolidate some good common test kits from this thread. So we don't have to hunt around LFS for Salifert, and to save some money of course.

May I have your contribution by voting (0-3) after each brands (followed by ","). Please share your experience.

For example, the final result will look something like this:

Nitrate

Tetra - 2,3,3,1,2

JBL - 0,1,0,0

Sera - 0,0,0

Salifert - 3,3,3,3,2

Feel free to add more brands or test type. Really hope this works.

I'll start.

Ammonia

Tetra - 3

JBL -

Sera -

Salifert -

Nitrite

Tetra - 3

JBL -

Sera -

Salifert -

Nitrate

Tetra -

JBL -

Sera - 0

Salifert - 3

Calcium

Tetra -

JBL - 2

Sera -

Salifert -

dKH

Tetra -

JBL -

Sera - 2

Salifert -

Magnesium

Tetra -

JBL -

Sera -

Salifert -

Phosphate

Tetra -

JBL -

Sera - 0

Salifert -

0 - Totally Useless

1 - Acceptable

2 - Good

3 - Excellent

[jc85]

I had been using Tetra, so far so gd.

Ammonia

Tetra - 3, 3

JBL -

Sera -

Salifert -

Nitrite

Tetra - 3, 3

JBL -

Sera -

Salifert -

Nitrate

Tetra - 2 (not enough test yet)

JBL -

Sera - 0

Salifert - 3

pH

Tetra - 2 (not enough test yet)

JBL -

Sera - 0

Salifert - 3

0 - Totally Useless

1 - Acceptable

2 - Good

3 - Excellent

[Crab]

Thanks for contributing. I've to amend to include other test I've put up.

Ammonia

Tetra - 3, 3

JBL -

Sera -

Salifert -

Nitrite

Tetra - 3, 3

JBL -

Sera -

Salifert -

Nitrate

Tetra - 2 (not enough test yet)

JBL -

Sera - 0

Salifert - 3

pH

Tetra - 2 (not enough test yet)

JBL -

Sera - 0

Salifert - 3

Calcium

Tetra -

JBL - 2

Sera -

Salifert -

dKH

Tetra -

JBL -

Sera - 2

Salifert -

Magnesium

Tetra -

JBL -

Sera -

Salifert -

Phosphate

Tetra -

JBL -

Sera - 0

Salifert -

0 - Totally Useless

1 - Acceptable

2 - Good

3 - Excellent

[Tanzy]

Ammonia

Tetra - 3, 3

JBL -

Sera -

Salifert - 3

Nitrite

Tetra - 3, 3

JBL -

Sera -

Salifert - 3

Seachem - 3

Nitrate

Tetra - 2 (not enough test yet)

JBL -

Sera - 0

Salifert - 3, 3

Seachem 3

pH

Tetra - 2 (not enough test yet), 2

JBL -

Sera - 0

Salifert - 3

Calcium

Tetra -

JBL - 2

Sera -

Salifert - 3

Seachem - 2

dKH

Tetra -

JBL -

Sera - 2

Salifert - 3

Seachem - 3

Magnesium

Tetra -

JBL -

Sera -

Salifert - 3

Seachem - 3

Phosphate

Tetra -

JBL -

Sera - 0

Salifert - 2

Seachem - 3

0 - Totally Useless

1 - Acceptable

2 - Good

3 - Excellent

[Crab]

Read that Seachem is good from ReefCentral. Does petmart have it? That young boss says that's his grandfather's brand.

[Achilles Tang]

Editing thread title as it is unreflective of the thread content.

[flubberina13]

Editing thread title as it is unreflective of the thread content.

hahaha...poor At very boh eng hor...having to edit and warn people...

Common guys...give him a break...

[den04]

That Young boy is wrong I guess I think Seachem is an acceptable brand coz I am using it, so far so good