Best kh/salinity meter?

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  1. Reakwonthachef

    Reakwonthachef Feather Duster

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    Hey,

    I'm getting sick of testing. I want a meter that displays at least salinity, would be awesome if it could do KH as well. Anyone point me in a good direction?
     
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  3. reefer Bob

    reefer Bob Montipora Digitata

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    You can try a controller. They display temp, salinity & ph. Plus a few dozen other things. But your likely gonna pay a few hundred for that. Depending on brand.
     
  4. barbianj

    barbianj Hammer Head Shark

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    Controllers will do salinity, but not alkalinity, that would be a few thousand $$$. Salinity for the controller that I have, Reef Angel, is $149 for the module, and then you need a probe, which are $75 each. I don't have that expansion yet.
     
  5. reefer Bob

    reefer Bob Montipora Digitata

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    Salinty doesn't change much unless its from evap. I would get a ph or temp probe. Theyre isn't an easy way out of testing until a tank becomes stable & you just know what your parameters are likely to be. Eventually or maybe even now but you'll also know how much cal, mg & alk will likely be at.
     
  6. DevinH

    DevinH Montipora Capricornis

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    Kh is the easiest to test for out of all of them I'm not aware of a unit that can test for it though. They make stand alone salinity testing units or probes.
     
  7. proreefer

    proreefer Feather Star

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    I don't mine testing ph or alk or salinity I have 3 different meters a milwaulkee ph a hanna alk and a refractionater for salinity as far as I know there's not just one that does it all