Can anyone recomend a calcium test kit

[ninjamini]

Yea I have a calcium test kit. Measure water - add chemical - add powder - add drops and multiply x15 the number of drops it takes to turn blue.
I can never figure this out. Blue??? there is no color chip to tell me how blue is blue and every drop makes it bluer! When do I stop. I need an easier test.
Also Here is what I test for:
Ammonium
Nitrite
Nitrate
PH
Salt
Phosphorus
Calcium (although I cant read the results.
Am I missing anything else?

 

[murph]

Red sea calcium pro works well for me. Many will suggest salfiert but they are not readily available in retail outlets and from what I have seen the two kits are nearly identical to each other.

 

[mrdc]

I like my Hagen test. Changes from pink to purple.

 

[nolan_nike]

Originally Posted by ninjamini
Yea I have a calcium test kit. Measure water - add chemical - add powder - add drops and multiply x15 the number of drops it takes to turn blue.
I can never figure this out. Blue??? there is no color chip to tell me how blue is blue and every drop makes it bluer! When do I stop. I need an easier test.
Am I missing anything else?
On those type tests there is a distinct color change from whatever to Blue or Purple or whatever end color goal. On Aquarium Pharmacuticals it goes from pink to blue on the magic drop. I find that brand very easy to use and inexpensive at about $5 online.
If your test is starting blue I would guess your Calcium is below the lowest number your kit tests for. I have a Red Sea kit that doesn't test below 200.

 

[mrdc]

I wish they had one that went from black to clear

 

[ninjamini]

Originally Posted by Nolan_Nike
On those type tests there is a distinct color change from whatever to Blue or Purple or whatever end color goal. On Aquarium Pharmacuticals it goes from pink to blue on the magic drop. I find that brand very easy to use and inexpensive at about $5 online.
If your test is starting blue I would guess your Calcium is below the lowest number your kit tests for. I have a Red Sea kit that doesn't test below 200.

It goes in a slow progression but there is no clear change but rather darker shades of the same.

 

[stanlalee]

Let me quess you have the sea test kit? I agree the aquarium pharmacuticals test works pretty much the same way but has a color chip with the instructions and is alot easier to read accurately. basically once that single drop turns it from pink to purple, the next drop turns it blue.

 

[lagger]

Originally Posted by Murph
Red sea calcium pro works well for me. Many will suggest salfiert but they are not readily available in retail outlets and from what I have seen the two kits are nearly identical to each other.
The regular Red Sea calcium test kist suxx..........trust me, I have it.

 

[rockblast]

Here are all the test kits I recommend in order:
1. Salifert
2. Seachem
3. Aquarium Pharmaceuticals
4.Fastest
I dont recommend you on buying the Red Sea test kit. It is very inaccurate.

 

[viper_930]

I only use salifert tests.

 

[murph145]

salifert is the way to go

 

[kingspade]

i use the hagan calcium kit, kinda confusing but thats all the LFS had