Aquarium pH Testing: 5-in-1 pH Electronic Meter vs API Freshwater Test Kit

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@digiacomo1085 5 ай бұрын

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEMONSTRATION, IT WAS SO HELPFUL

@TPASSAquatics 5 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

@natsellar8982 5 ай бұрын

In my experience turn off all electronic devices in your liquid before making your readings. Preferably removing any heating devices so they are not emitting any residual energy. Your pH readings may stabilize.

@mysticwanderer4787 7 ай бұрын

You need to agitate the probe a bit in the water to get an accurate reading. Then the reading will stabilize.

@M4KERB 8 ай бұрын

fish like 6.8-7.8 - that vivosun meter seems way too all over the place, thanks for the video.

@sammy6770 9 ай бұрын

Hi Just a question, why did you calibrate it to 6.86? Wouldn’t it show you the correct readings if you don’t calibrate it to 6.86? I just don’t understand why does it have to be calibrated at specific numbers? Thank you.

@z3ro7o 9 ай бұрын

with time it wont be accurate anymore so you need to adjust it again

@TPASSAquatics 5 ай бұрын

That's just the instructions, they have you calibrate it at several different pHs that are standardized and that's how it knows what your water is at.

@AAE-cg1il 4 ай бұрын

The number that came up before calibration was not accurate. When you use the controlled sample (calibration liquid) the number is known so you get the clocking just right.

@jacobpetersen5662 6 ай бұрын

Mine does not jump at all

@Marco-zt5yd 5 ай бұрын

have you taken tap water or distilled water? Asking because on the back of these power packs they say ,use distilled water'...

@TPASSAquatics 5 ай бұрын

Hey I used distilled water from a store-bought jug

@urkent4463 2 ай бұрын

and this good guy said it in this video

@pencilpauli9442 Жыл бұрын

Would the API set be the best test kit to get for a beginner, or would it be it a bit overpowered so to speak. The electronic device looks cool and a lot less hassle, but I have a set of electronic callipers, and after a short while the readings just went bonkers. So I don't have a lot of trust in such devices atm lol

@TPASSAquatics Жыл бұрын

Yeah I don't blame you not trusting some of those devices haha. Yes the API test kit is great and will have everything you need to test for except for hardness (but that is one of the lesser used tests prob). Any issues that arise are just speculation without water parameters so even for beginners the API kit is solid. It lasts a while too. (affiliate link: amzn.to/3xxCz7E)

@pencilpauli9442 Жыл бұрын

@@TPASSAquatics Thanks for the reply and the head up re hardness. Was able to find some data from my water supplier online. fwiw pH = 7.6 Water hardness average is 20.3 mg/l calcium From what I can see it's a tad close to the parameters recommended for betta. May get some almond leaves etc.

@TPASSAquatics Жыл бұрын

@@pencilpauli9442 Nice - yeah the only reason why I've needed to test hardness was in an older tank I had inherited I ran into "Old tank syndrome". Basically if your hardness is too low, your pH can swing rapidly and isn't buffered and can really mess up your tank (which you'd know if you were testing your pH anyway). You could always infer it but that confirmed it for me and after adding some crushed coral, my pH stabilized. Now I just know to do my pH test every so often and if I start seeing that changing, I know to add more crushed coral to my tank.