Do they make a digital testers for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrates. It would be nice to be able to glance over and see my water is good. Anybody heard of one for fresh water?
digital test?
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http://www.americanmarineusa.com/ has digital testers for Ph, ORP, O2, salinity, temp, calcium, and most importantly NITRATE
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As stated by the post above there are many test manufacturers, but these testers need to be calibrated (sometimes daily) by using known concentration reagents, and usually need the test sample to be inoculated with a reagent to work.
I used a device in the lab that checked a large number of water parameters, each test had its own chemical reagent(s) for test set up, ( for example salicylic acid for ammonia ), any water being tested for ammonia was inoculated, used a specified resting time after chemicals are added, then analyzed, using acid washed glassware....and the price testing device cost more than my truck.
I used a device in the lab that checked a large number of water parameters, each test had its own chemical reagent(s) for test set up, ( for example salicylic acid for ammonia ), any water being tested for ammonia was inoculated, used a specified resting time after chemicals are added, then analyzed, using acid washed glassware....and the price testing device cost more than my truck.
wow, lot of money, guess it's the old test tube and drop method for me. You would've thought in the past 40yrs something more advanced would be out for the consumer market. Thanks.
They are getting more advanced, and more simple all the time, but cost is still based on paying off RnD.
The problem I found with the new equipment is, being new, there are a lot of bugs to work out, and the lab I worked in had to have constant maintenance techs called in.
And although computer chips are small, we had a streaming ammonia monitor the size of clothes closet, with reagent chemicals in gallon jugs.
The problem I found with the new equipment is, being new, there are a lot of bugs to work out, and the lab I worked in had to have constant maintenance techs called in.
And although computer chips are small, we had a streaming ammonia monitor the size of clothes closet, with reagent chemicals in gallon jugs.