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| View Poll Results: What test kit do you use? What alkalinity do you keep? | |||
| Salifert <7 dKH |
   
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0 | 0% |
| Salifert 7-8 dKH |
  
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4 | 4.55% |
| Salifert 8-9 dKH |
  
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16 | 18.18% |
| Salifert 9-10 dKH |
  
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8 | 9.09% |
| Salifert >10 dKH |
  
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4 | 4.55% |
| Elos <7 dKH |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Elos 7-8 dKH |
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6 | 6.82% |
| Elos 8-9 dKH |
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10 | 11.36% |
| Elos 9-10 dKH |
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10 | 11.36% |
| Elos <10 dKH |
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1 | 1.14% |
| High end kit (LaMotte, Hanna, etc) <7 dKH |
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0 | 0% |
| High end 7-8 dKH |
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2 | 2.27% |
| High end 8-9 dKH |
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5 | 5.68% |
| High end 9-10 dKH |
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1 | 1.14% |
| High end >10 dKH |
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0 | 0% |
| Lower end (API, Hagen, Instant Ocean, etc) <7 dKH |
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2 | 2.27% |
| Lower end 7-8 dKH |
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8 | 9.09% |
| Lower end 8-9 dKH |
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5 | 5.68% |
| Lower end 9-10 dKH |
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7 | 7.95% |
| Lower end >10 dKH |
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4 | 4.55% |
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#6
04-30-2010, 07:42 PM
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I have used Salifert, Elos and API for Kh tests and find that I got similar readings with all three. Since I don't really care to know to the tenth of a degree what my KH is, I've opted to use API lately for it's simplicity. I try to keep my KH at around 9-10 Kh via my API test. It's good to know that I don't need to keep it that high though.
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