i have never checked phophate before until now help!

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  1. proreefer

    proreefer Feather Star

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    i got my hanna phophate checker today please tell me if this is good or bad,

    my 220 is 0.05
    my 50 is 0.07
    my 24 is 0.03

    are these readings ok
     
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  3. m2434

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    Ideally you'd like to shoot for less then .03, but the Hanna checker is only accurate to +/- .04. So you could be...


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  4. proreefer

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    thanks m, i got the checker, man it works so easy i love it already.:):):)
     
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    it is pretty awesome! ;)
     
  6. m2434

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    Definitely, for the money it is an incredible device! Also BTW I think a good chunk of the error is random error, so repeating the test a number of times should give you a better estimate. +/- .04 for hobby grade test equipment is pretty good though.


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  7. proreefer

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    phosphate checker 45.00 bucks can't beat it and works great. glad i got it