What kind of magnesium test kit do you like?

[littlewrentx]

I started a thread a few days ago about testing for magnesium. Now that the pros suggest it is a good idea, I would like some suggestions as to what brand of test kit to go with.

[greenmako]

I use salifert:http://www.premiumaquatics.com/salifert/sat103.jpg

and ELOS
http://www.premiumaquatics.com/elos/elos-mg.jpg

[littlewrentx]

Are there pros/cons to either brand? I know my way around a test tube, but I am unfamiliar with some of the brand details.

[greenmako]

Salifert is more precise with its values but other than that they test very close in value when tested on the same water sample.

[littlewrentx]

Thanks! Some MAAST members have been very gererous in setting me up with my first SPS frags. I am doing my best not to kill them in the first month- lol. I have figured out where some do best. One is still brown after getting knocked off the rock by a giant turbo snail. It is glued down again and seems to be regaining color. The snails were put in other tanks. It took 3 nights of snail/frag bowling to figure out what was knocking over my frags.

[greenmako]

lol yea they are good bowlers

I had a red coris wrasses that could have made it to the olympics for fliping large objects(coral and rocks with coral on it) LOL
Everytime I fliped the frag back over he would flip it over again....drove me nuts and killed a few frags so I had to superglue everything down.

[Bill S]

I use Salifert exclusively. It's a pretty easy to use kit - simple titration (add drops from a syringe until the color changes).