My new phosphate meter

[joshman1204]

Well thanks to Mark I got my new Hannah phosphate meter today and I must say this thing is awesome. I am a little bummed though because I was hoping it would show that I had a phosphate problem so I could convince my wife we need a new BRS dual media reactor. Unfortunately it showed 0.00

Anyone know of any meters like this for the rest of the stuff I am supposed to be checking? I dont own a test kit and this is my first ever water test since the second week of owning my first tank last January.

[+dapettit]

The meter has latitude of +/- .04. If you make your own RO/DI water test it (it should always be zero) if your reading is zero then your orginal reading of you tank is correct. If the Ro/DI water reads anything but zero like maybe .02 then zero = .02 I hope this makes sense.

[joshman1204]

That makes since but I dont make my own RO water. From what I have been reading online it seems like this meter is very accurate for almost everyone that is using it.

[Robb in Austin]

Do you have an algae problem? If so, that's why you are reading zero; the algae is sucking it up too fast. Therefore; you NEED the BRS reactor!

[+mcallahan]

The Robb speaks wisely.