Effectiveness on Salifert Phosphates Testkit?

[RAV-65]

Hi all,

been tinking about buying a Salifert's Phosphate testkit, but when I looked at the colour chart, its seems that the shades of blue are very close to one another. Anyone currently using this testkit? Would like to know how high ( how blue on the colour chart ) when your rowas is saturated?

I'm tinking about getting one of these testkits as I always seem to have diatom problems and would like to test my phosphates before changing my rowas...

Anyone got experience?

Vincent Ho

[scarab]

My experience on Salifert test kit use in combination with Rowaphos is, once the test show any shade of blue, change the Rowaphos. Like that you don't have to bother what shade of blue is the test result.

[alanseah]

well sometime the color is in between, u just have to find the closest to the color...

like scarab if u have some shape of blue which mean u having p04 problem already seeing the color just let u know how high or low u having only..

[bum]

scarab Posted on Aug 6 2004, 07:59 AM

  My experience on Salifert test kit use in combination with Rowaphos is, once the test show any shade of blue, change the Rowaphos. Like that you don't have to bother what shade of blue is the test result. 

totally agree,

used to have at least some shade of blue,

even after water changes

i thought the kit was faulty

then ran rowa in a DIY FR.

happy lke bird when no colour.

now any time there is a bluish tint,

change ROWA

[patrick123]

I have the test kit also. But find that the result is always clear water with very very light tint of blue. After a while, I stop testing it liao since I have no more cyno. Thinking that just have to replace the rowaphos every 2-3 months will be fine.

[A320]

wow you guys use and no shade of blue at all?? I have a slight shade of blue but been using rowaphos for only a month....how will i know if its enough rowaphos or if its time to change rowaphos??

[Eric]

Hi all,

been tinking about buying a Salifert's Phosphate testkit, but when I looked at the colour chart, its seems that the shades of blue are very close to one another. Anyone currently using this testkit? Would like to know how high ( how blue on the colour chart ) when your rowas is saturated?

I'm tinking about getting one of these testkits as I always seem to have diatom problems and would like to test my phosphates before changing my rowas...

Anyone got experience?

Vincent Ho

Rav-65,

You might wan to do a PO4 test on your tapwater to find out if that's the root of your diatoms growth or is it your overfeeding or detritus accumulation?

Eric

[RAV-65]

Hmm... guess i would do as advised... will change the rowas as sson as any tinge of blue is detected, but my last 2L of rowas expired pretty fast, about 1L per month, I do feed pretty heavily, coz i wan the fishes to be healthy and make sure the angels are not hungry, dun wan them to attack my corals...

Thanxs Guys!

Vincent Ho

[A320]

just tested for phophate and seems like i have about 0.3 to 1.0ppm (in between the 2nd and 3rd clours on the colour chart) however i've only been using rowaphos for about a month. IS that still too early to change the rowaphos?? or am i not using enough rowaphos??