Mom's gonna be pissed.

by **Zambize4899** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:05 am

The bad thing about discolored water is that it mucks with the water tests that rely on color matching.

Z

by **Peterkarig3210** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:14 am

I think when a sample is put into a test tube it will be hard to see the discoloration except maybe at the very beginning when the water is the darkest.

by **jweb1369** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:52 am

oh i have the test strips. little more expensive but well worth it. get it all done with one strip.

by **a1k8t31524** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:56 am

test strips are not as accurate as liquid tests though...

by **Tmercier834747** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:07 pm

Unless you're like me and do the 15 secs and shake then add 3rd dropper 7x - 3 per fish divided by the number of effing elbows you can throw x2 at the moron who designed dropper tests.

I hate dropper tests. I can never get teh instructions right. I think the last time I checked my ammonia the water turned purple....-.-

by **Zambize4899** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:09 am

I was recently using Ich medication that turned the water a yellowish color and my color tests were useless until it cleared up. I had the same problem with some driftwood stain. My pH test was reading blue, which isn't even an option on the color chart.

I used test strips at first and they were really unreliable.

Zambize

by **a1k8t31524** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:55 pm

you know liquid tests is all that i have ever used, so mabey i am just used to it goes like cloclwork now

by **gumbii** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:17 pm

same here... liquid test are FTW!...

Mom's gonna be pissed.

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