Nitrate test NO3 Salifert

When an aquarium has too few anaerobic areas or incomplete denitrification processes the nitrates are formed

A too high concentration of nitrates causes the growth of harmful algae that can irritate corals. Nitrates can also cause a delay in the growth of corals. The concentration of nitrates in a barrier aquarium should be less than 1mg / l. Aquariums of fish only can have higher concentrations.

Many tests use a procedure in which a part of nitrates are chemically converted to nitrites and measured as such. But in doing so it is likely to incur interferences that lead us to detect lower values than those actually present. The test Salifert It is not subject to these interferences, its special ingredients make it extremely fast and precise in measurements. The detection range ranges from a very low concentration to a very high (0.05-20 mg / l as nitrates / nitrogens, 0.2-100mg / l as nitrate ions)

The package is sufficient for about 60 measurements.

Operating Instructions

A) Put in the transparent container, using 1 ml water syringe of your aquarium in the test container
B) Add a no3-1 powder reagent measure
C) Add a no3-2 powder reagent measure. Agitated for 30 secondi.Lasciate Rest for 3 minutes.
D) Put the container over the colorimetric scale on a white part and comparate the color. From this you will make the concentration of nitrates. An average coloring corresponds to an intermediate concentration.
Nitrate values are in ppm (mg / l)
Increase sensitivity:
Use this procedure only when the concentration is less than 10 ppm. Keep the container in front of you and look at opposite profile. Keep the colorimetric scale behind the test tube. Make sure that a white aparte of the ladder is behind the container. The results must be divided by 10. In this way you can easily find concentrations of 0.2 ppm