?????Elos Alk test kit

[kevinpratt823]

I've been using API for years, but with some changes/fluctuations going on in my tanks this past month or so, I decided to try an Elos kit against the API.
First of all, the directions say "when the solution turns from cyan to yellow", but I never saw any cyan, it went from perfectly clear to a faint yellow, not a very positive reading. Also, the API tests at 8dKH, and the Elos is at 6.5, but this is after an Alk dose, as I have been trying to get my alk to stay up over 7(API kit) and struggling, also been dosing Ca/Mag trying to bump levels up a bit, but barely moving, but I have no excess precipitation.
My Ca is at 400, Mg is 1300, and I have been dripping Calk for the past month or so to keep my Ph up at 8.2(before it would go bet 8-7.8)
Also running a large Cal reactor, full 55g fug/macro, Bblking 300 skimmer is drawing in outside air, total system around 600gal.
Any input/ideas????

 

[MoneyPit]

My suggestion is to get a salifert test kit.

 

[Paul_N]

I have used the API alk kit for years. I tried all the others and kept coming back to it. My API was always more consistent than the more costly ones and my LFS always had it in stock. When I used the ELOS it always read lower for me. I got the same readings when I used API and Salifert.

 

[reefpoor]

I think you got a bad kit. I have used their alk kit for a few years now, always goes from cyan to an orange yellow. Have never seen it go clear