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Salifert Ammonia Test Kit

$ 13.99

Ammonia and ammonium are substances which should be converted rapidly into nitrite followed by nitrate and nitrogen gas.

If this does not happen then the aquarium is not fully cycled or biological processes are not proceeding as they should.

The Salifert Ammonia Test Kit is very straightforward and measures the sum of toxic ammonia and ammonium in just a few minutes.

The kit can perform approx. 50 measurements and can detect 0.5 ppm of total ammonia easily.

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Salifert Calcium Test Kit

$ 18.81

• Calcium is a major constituent of calcareous algae, skeletal material of hard corals and the skeletal needles of soft / leather corals.
• Calcium also fulfills many biological functions.
• Low calcium concentration retards coral and calcareous algae growth.
• Natural saltwater contains 400 ‰ÛÒ 450 mg/L calcium.
• In a stable aquarium environment the calcium content should not fluctuate by more than 15 mg/L.
• Calcium test kits should be able to monitor comparable fluctuations.
• In a healthy aquarium growth and multiplication of corals, desired calcareous algae and other organisms results in calcium depletion.
• Use of a calcium additive together with an accurate test kit are important for monitoring and maintaining proper calcium levels.
• Salifert‰۪s calcium test is capable in resolving the calcium content in 10 mg/L steps.
• The color change is sharp and facilitates the detection of small but highly significant fluctuations in the calcium concentration.
• The kit can perform approx. 50 - 100 measurements.

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Salifert Copper Test Kit

$ 16.97

Copper is often used as a treatment for parasite infested fish and it is essential that the correct concentration is used since high levels can be toxic to marine fish and invertebrates.

Tap water can also be naturally high in copper and it is therefore advisable to test for this on a regular basis.

The Salifert Copper Test Kit offers a very sensitive and accurate test for measuring dissolved or weakly chelated copper from 0.05mg/L to 2mg/L.

The kit can perform approx. 50 tests on tap or aquarium water as a routine check.

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Salifert Flatworm eXit

$ 19.49

Salifert Flatworm eXit itself is quite safe to fish and invertebrates. However, the body juice of flatworms can be toxic to some reef inhabitants when present in a too high concentration. This body juice is sometimes excreted when flatworms die.åÊ

Directions for use:

1 drop for every 4 liters or 1 gallon.åÊThe dropper contains approx. 300 drops (10ml). The dropper cap holds approx. 90 drops. So 1 cap full is good for 360 liters or 90 gallons.

Add it to a high flow area of the tank. If you want to treat a refugium only and if it`s volume is too small for using a powerhead then mixing should be done manually.åÊIt should start to work within 30 minutes.åÊIf within 45 minutes no visible death of flatworms occurs add 50% more.

As soon as the flatworms start to die, commence with the activated carbon to take out any toxic body juices. Also see the above given important remarks.åÊAfter an hour or so you can turn any UV or ozone on again.

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Salifert Iodine Test Kit

$ 29.30

• Iodine is present in NSW (Natural seawater) in a very low concentration (0.06 mg/L or 0.06 ppm).
• Iodine occurs as different species. Some of them are iodide, iodate and hypoiodite.
• The Salifert Iodine Profi Test measures all naturally occurring iodine species such as iodate, iodide, molecular iodine and hypoiodite. No other test kit offers this possibility.
• Test kits which are not capable in detecting iodate might not really be suitable for aquarium use. Since in an aquarium iodide can be transferred to iodate. This means that if a test kit is used not capable in detecting iodate, a false low total iodine concentration (sum of iodate and iodide) will be obtained and the iodate concentration can climb far too high and possibly upsetting the aquarium environment.

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Salifert KH / Alkalinity Test Kit

$ 16.46

Calcium alone cannot form the skeletal material of corals and allow calcareous algae to grow. Some other substances are needed as well. A few other constituents are carbonate and bicarbonate. These two substances also have a major impact on the stabilization of the pH in the proper range of 8.1 - 8.4. Such stabilization is also called buffering.

The total carbonate and bicarbonate concentration is also called carbonate alkalinity or carbonate hardness. The only difference between alkalinity and carbonate hardness is a conversion factor.

Natural sea water has an alkalinity of approx. 2.7 meq/L or approx. 7.5 dKH when expressed as carbonate hardness. For a stable system the alkalinity or carbonate hardness should have a value similar to NSW or slightly higher and should preferably not fluctuate by more than 5%. This means a maximum fluctuation of 0.14 meq/L or 0.4 dKH.

Therefore an alkalinity test kit should be capable in measuring in steps smaller than 0.14 meq/L. Conclusion: Since the major buffer components used for coral and calcareous algae growth are bicarbonate and carbonate, they should be added to correct any decrease in alkalinity or carbonate hardness.

A proper formulated buffer should function in such a way that the corrective measures results in a long lasting effect and should not upset the pH of the system. The alkalinity or carbonate hardness should be kept as stable as possible requiring highly sensitive and accurate means for testing.

Salifert KH / Alkalinity Test Kit is very straightforward. It measures in sufficient small steps of 0.1 meq/L or 0.3 dKH with a sharp color change. This makes detection of important yet small change possible.

The kit can perform approx. 100 - 200 measurements. The Salifert KH + pH Buffer makes correction of the alkalinity or carbonate hardness simple and does not upset the pH of the system. Within 24 hours it will acquire the pH corresponding to other aquarium parameters. Should the pH remain low within 24 hours of corrective measures then an insufficient gaseous exchange (inefficient aeration) is quite often the cause.

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Salifert Magnesium Test Kit

$ 19.61

• Magnesium is present in natural seawater in a fairly high concentration (1300 - 1400 mg/L).
• Magnesium is an essential part of chlorophyll, which is necessary for photosynthesis.
• Without photosynthesis plants, including algae and the corals, would not be able to live.
• Maintaining a correct magnesium concentration is very important, and is indirectly responsible for fast coral and calcareous algae growth by virtue of making the maintenance of correct calcium and alkalinity figures possible.
• Magnesium is depleted by algae and is also depleted by the use of excessive Kalkwasser.
• There are also certain brands of salt, which have very low magnesium content. Use of such a salt will result in permanent problems with calcium and carbonate hardness values.
• The Salifert magnesium test is very straight forward, and does not suffer from calcium and strontium interferences when within certain bounds.
• It measures in sufficient accurate steps of 30 mg/L with a sharp color change.
• The kit can perform approx. 50 measurements.

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Salifert Nitrate Test Kit

$ 17.37

• When an aquarium has insufficient regions deprived of oxygen (= anaerobic zones), or denitrification proceeds incompletely then nitrate will build-up.
• A high nitrate concentration can result in unwanted algae growth, which can irritate corals and retard their growth.
• The nitrate concentration in a proper functioning reef aquarium should preferably be lower than 1 mg/L. Fish-only aquariums would usually show much higher nitrate concentrations.
• Many nitrate test kits are prone to amine interference. This can give results much lower than actual.
• The Salifert nitrate test does not suffer from such an amine interference. The very special ingredients allow for a fast and precise measurement.
• The range spans from a very low to a very high nitrate concentration (approx. 0.05 - 20 mg/L as Nitrate-Nitrogen or 0.2 - 100 mg/L as nitrate ion).
• The kit can perform approx. 60 measurements.

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Salifert Nitrite Test Kit

$ 11.86

• Nitrite is a substance that is toxic to fish and invertebrates.
• It is a misconception that once a tank is through its cycle (first 3 or 4 weeks) that nitrite has vanished.
• Nitrite is converted to nitrate in properly cycled aquariums. The thus formed nitrate is transformed into harmless nitrogen gas (=denitrification). This happens in areas deprived of oxygen within live rock and miscellaneous filter materials.
• Before it can be transformed to nitrogen gas the nitrate is first converted back to nitrite.
• When, for whatever reason, this particular cycle cannot be completed, toxic nitrite can be present in significant concentration and can be readily detected by test kits that do not suffer from amine interference.
• Many nitrite test kits have the potential to suffer from amine interference resulting in toxic nitrite not being detected.
• Salifert‰۪s Nitrite test kit does not suffer from such an amine interference because very special ingredients are used.
• These same ingredients also result in a full color development within minutes.
• The developed color is very intense making detection of even minute traces of nitrite easy.
• It probably is the most sensitive, accurate and fastest nitrite test kit available.
• The kit can perform approx. 60 measurements.

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Salifert pH Test Kit

$ 10.92

• The pH value in a marine tank has a major impact on the growth of corals and calcareous algae as well as many other biological processes.
• The pH should not be allowed to fluctuate more than approx. 0.2 units during any 24-hour period and should preferably be kept above 8.2.
• If the pH is too low then the cause may be low alkalinity and/or a build up of carbon dioxide caused by insufficient aeration.
• A low pH can be corrected by improving aeration and by increasing the alkalinity.
• The Salifert Test Kit is sufficiently accurate to monitor minor pH fluctuations and is scaled from pH 7.4 - 8.7.
• For saltwater only.
• Sufficient for 50 tests.

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Salifert Phosphate Test Kit

$ 19.61

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Salifert Strontium Test Kit

$ 34.49

• Strontium plays an important role by accelerating coral and calcareous algae growth. NSW contains approx. 7 - 9 mg/L strontium. Since the growth of corals and calcareous algae goes hand in hand with strontium and calcium depletion, depletion of calcium usually means depletion of strontium as well.
• It is advisable to maintain a strontium concentration between 5 and 20 mg/L.
• The Salifert strontium test kit detects both ionically free and moderately complexed strontium. Salifert was the first to introduce a strontium test kit.

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