Someone explain to me this!

[reefwars]

anyone have a test kit i can borrow?


seriously..... i want to test ph but a experienced reefer with lots of posts told me to throw mine over the fence and i think a new reefer may have picked it up...so now i need one lol

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by reefwars

seriously..... i want to test ph but a experienced reefer with lots of posts told me to throw mine over the fence and i think a new reefer may have picked it up...so now i need one lol

Seriously? And you listened to him? Dumb.....

[Aquattro]

Oh, and Denny, I saw a pic of your tank. pH is 8.1. You're good

[Samw]

The only thing I test for is DO and if I ever get bad results, it is too late anyways. Haha. But seriously, almost every time I test something, the values are good. I don't really test anymore. Even when I had algae problems, all the water parameters were good and I used Salifert.

[Scythanith]

I don't even care if people have their own kits. As long as they don't expect a free ride at the LFS. The LFS owner is paying for the supplies as well as the time it takes for their employee to do the test and analyze the results.

I think my LFS is something like $2 a test.

[christyf5]

I agree. I remember when I was doing FW and the LFS started charging for water testing. I had my own kits so it didn't bother me any but some people complained so loudly. Just buy the damned kits. At $2 a test why not buy the kit and make it 50 cents a test (or whatever the math is). I can see getting PO4 etc tested but the big 3 you should really have on hand.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Scythanith

I don't even care if people have their own kits. As long as they don't expect a free ride at the LFS. The LFS owner is paying for the supplies as well as the time it takes for their employee to do the test and analyze the results.

I think my LFS is something like $2 a test.

We entertaind the idea of charging $2 a test ...even posted the sign for a day but we decided we will do it for free but people have to wait until the next day to get their results , which i think its fair as we are often quite busy, I test water at the end of the work day when customers aren't around and it's quiet with more time i then email the results and what I find wrong or how to fix etc.

I have had customers bring me there water up to three times a week lol

For me to do a proper test , and discuss the issues or remedies can take quite some time , especially for a newer reefer and when a guy or girl is standing in line and has to wait for 20mins to buy his frozen food or heater while the lfs employee is testing someones water is kinda frustrating to the others waiting.

It's hard to please everyone but since it's a free service I think it's worked great .
I do push for people to buy their own kits and I always tell People what I think of a certain test or product........I'll flat out say its junk or bottom of the barrel if I feel this is true lol

[mark]

I'm to lazy to mooch so just bought my own

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Ok, I'm opinionated. Everyone knows that. So here's my latest. If you've been in the hobby for more than a few months, you should own your own test kits and not mooch off the LFS.

How is it ok to keep doing this? I know people in 10 years that still mooch off the LFS. Really??? How is this happening?

Who else has an opinion?

they advertise free water tests, maybe they shouldn't.

for some people who were in there every second day (like us) well lets just say we could have saved 200 bucks in test kits LOL

but seriously the only reason we didn't was because the LFS used hagen kits...
and we knew better than to trust them for salt water.

Steve

[Aquattro]

No Steve, I bought kits when I bought a tank. It's part of the required equipment.