What is the cheapest place to get salifert test kits?

[charlesgage]

What is the cheapest place to get salifert test kits? And do they sell a master kit? (ie: a volume discount)

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

If you go to MACNA, maybe Habib will give you one for free. :D

Beyond that, I don't know.

[Hobster]

I have purchased them here: Don't know if it is the best price but they usually are as good as anyone else.

http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=Salifert

[pturner]

Ebay also has a seller, but I don't know how old the kits are.....

[sreefs]

Custom aquatics has very good prices on Cal. and Mag kits

[Snail$Pace]

Another good place is www.marinedepot.com

[Muttling]

I generally buy from one of the following and have always been pleased, but I don't know if it's the lowest prices on Salifert....

www.premiumaquatics.com
www.marinedepot.com
www.aquaticecosystems.com

[charlesgage]

Thanks guys, i find most people are about the same on the salifert prices. The guy in the chemistry forum said that seachems are good too, so i might do a little mix n' match to keep the costs down

[charlesgage]

One other thing, do the kits really expire?

[Muttling]

Originally posted by charlesgage
One other thing, do the kits really expire?

Yep. The reagents in the kits have a shelf life and loose potency over time making for inaccurate results. Keeping the caps screwed on tightly is important to keeping some of the agents fresh.

One of my BIG gripes with most of the test kit manufacturers is a failure to put expiration dates on their packaging. (Salifert started including expiration date stickers on their packages a little while back.)

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

The alkalinity kits ought to last much longer than most. There's not much that can go wrong with them, at least if kept closed.