crsublette
coyotes call me Charles
It sort of proves the last time I went API eh TurtleMommy
This is the link to the JBL test lad for fresh water as you can see it covers a wide range of things perhaps too much for the novice to handle persnally I would find it quite a hassle testing for everything :-
.http://www.jbl.de/en/aquatics-freshwater-products/detail/2446/jbl-testlab
Looking at it its quite impresive dont you think yes but then weve got buy on the same four kits for years why should we think about changing to this kit.?
Would it be like a private ego trip on behalf of its user "a bit like well my kits bigger than your kit, beat that"........
Then you have to think about buying all of the replacement kits in the lab with some you'll use up faster than others, bottles that are quite expensive to relace
Where as with Tetra at least you got alott more for less in their larger replacement bottles
Dave
Very interesting. Now that is a proper bundled test kit.
Tough finding a US of A distributor of it, but, wow, from what I found on Ebay, the test kit comes with a hefty price, which I thought it would be for bundling so many test kits. Approximately $178 (USD).
Iron test is very much like the phosphate in that iron is a very complex molecule with even more formation than phosphate, which is actually quite insane if you think about it. The iron test kit in that bundle is likely only testing for non-chelated iron compounds, such as ferrous sulfate, or testing for the most common EDTA chelated iron compound often found in planted aquarium fertilizer solutions due to the tanks very low pH.
For the silica oxide test, it appears to be driven by the diatom and other type of algae hysteria as well. I have only read of silica oxide to be used to actually help grow better plants in aqua-ponic and hydroponic systems since water based systems often lack silica, which is abundant in soil environments, and I would not be surprised if there is some silica oxide on the aquarium/pond plant fertilizers.
