$18.51
Colombo Iodine Marine water test kit additives for vibrant colours.
The typical beauty of your corals colours will only come to life when all trace elements are sufficiently available. Colombo has 3 additives for coloration and matching test kits in order to determine a precise dosage.
- Colour-1: based on main element Iodine, also contains 2 other so-called ‘Halogens’ – Bromine and Fluorine. The elements in colour 1 are most important for pink colours.
- Colour-2: based on main element Potassium, also contains Boron these elements are most important for red colours.
- Colour-3: based on Iron, also contains many other metals such as Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel etc. All these metals are important for yellow and green colours.
Colombo have produced test kits that are developed especially for seawater. These tests give the best results!
Description
General Guidelines
- Ensure that the test tube is clean before use.
- Clean the tube directly after use.
- Take the volume of the water sample as precisely as possible.
- Keep the dripping bottle perfectly vertical during dropping.
- Take care that no air bubbles are included in the drops.
Test procedure:
- Take a water sample of 5 ml.
- Add 5 drops of I-1 test fluid and shake the test tube.
- Add 5 drops of I-2 test fluid and shake the test tube.
- Wait 20 minutes.
- Determine the Iodine content using the colour chart included.
For judging the colour of the water sample after adding all the test fluids, proceed as follows:
- Put the test tube on the included colour chart and look through the tube on to the chart from directly above it.
- Do not look in direct sunlight, but at indirect light.
- Compare the colour of the water sample with the colours on the chart.
- The closest colour shows the corresponding value. Generally the colours of the sample and on the chart will not be exactly the same, as values in practice will always be between the standard values, and thus a mixture of both consecutive values. Therefore, one should estimate between which colours the sample really lies.
