Hanna Calcium checker (Testing the right way)

Here I show how to properly use your Hanna checker.
Link to checker
hannainst.com/hi758-calcium.html

[@Steve-514]

You know what's sad? Every week when I check my calcium I have to watch this video

[@jakeyjake818]

😂

[@paulmartin2455]

Excellent info! I’ve been doing a step or 2 incorrectly, and this video helped me identify which ones. Now my tests are much more consistent. Thanks.

[@jimmcfarland3990]

Sooo glad u put out this video. Hanna checkers are my go to and when I heard everyone badmouthing the hanna calcium i just thought to myself bless your lil hearts, you must not know how to use it. Then years go by and I stumble across your video. Thankyou and keep up the good work!

[@kevindaniels8602]

Man I got a crazy low result the first time i used this checker so I decided to look up how to use it properly and found your video. I really appreciate the information and now know how to get accurate readings!

[@danielvargas1282]

You’re video helped me out and see where I was wrong really good product and I’m grateful to you for explaining the process thank you again

[@matsteel2292]

Thank you for a great review I use some Hanna gear but feel confident to use the all the other Hanna checkers now for my aquarium.

[@inboundlight7732]

The bottom of the “bow” in the water while it is in the jar is called the meniscus. Thanks for the video, it clarifies a lot! Thank you

[@loupatterson1651]

I read the directions that came with it and I was going to send it back because it seemed like too many steps. You're video just saved the day! Thank you!

[@tonyaclark1570]

Thank you I purchased one and have not used it yet. Good info!

[@pfuller136]

This is all spot on here, while personally I don't like to touch the vial at all after cleaning and choose to handle it with a clean towel, this is something Hanna should be using on their site to teach users how to use this device. My first dozen uses were wildly inaccurate and yes, I was using the pipette wrong just as you explained. Using the tips is very critical too for all of the syringes and the 100µl pipette. I created a 400PPM calcium solution and was able to reproduce 10 readings in a row at 400 to 401 PPM without question. Great device, great tutorial.

[@jeremyfinn1996]

Great tutorial! One of the best on the checker.

[@takebacktheworld8090]

I am so glad I didn’t impulse buy this. Thank you so much for this video! Red Sea seems way more simplified as well as less time consuming, and just as accurate. Thx

[@jimmygreenspan8832]

Lol that's what I was thinking this entire video. "Shit I coulda just done my red sea test by now! Too finicky!"

[@marcelrodriguez2067]

I just use salifert and its perfectly fine.

[@CyndiR_]

I have been using Red Sea for almost 7 years and it was a completely different result, so I’m sending off for an ICP rest to triple check everything I tested today.

[@pfuller136]

​@@CyndiR_ I find this test to be really accurate when I learned to use it right, for the most part this guy is spot on with his tutorial. It's very sensitive but it is really spot on when I add calcium and take measurements where my Red Sea can be hit or miss depending on when I think it's completely blue versus purple. I trust both tests now very much and if I get a number that doesn't make sense it tends to be my fault.

[@scottsantos233]

TOTALLY!!! AND THE INSTRUCTION SUUUUUUUCK

[@ReefandDive]

Amazing video thanks! I was having a lot of trouble with this test!!!!

[@strust2862]

I was on the fence about buying checker. After watching your video, I bought it. I used Walgreens distilled water and compared to my RODI water. It resulted in two distilled water test at 377 and 377. RODI was 371 which I find acceptable. My Rea Sea pro test results in the same spectrum of scores but not an exact number. Thanks for may a very detailed video ! I love the checker compared to the color comparing tests.

[@robs25glagoon96]

Man what a great review. This makes so much sense. I was on the fence and now I just purchased one ! Hannah needs to send you a check bro lol

[@eatsleepreef9565]

Lol glad I was able to help

[@fishlikethis82]

Finally I’m able to get stable and reliable measurements. Thanks! Did 3 tests back to back the way u said and got 450ppm each time. 👍🏼

[@terrimccullough724]

new to Hanna. Purchased at Reefapalooza NY. Thanks for the info!

[@markforde1179]

Super helpful and clear instructions!

[@larsjohannesson398]

Excellent video, thank you! I just bought this checker, and the instructions looked complicated, so I figured somebody had done a video do demonstrate. :)

[@grantv2313]

Excellent video on how to do this. I just got one yesterday and did all of this as you did. Got a 397 on the Hanna and what I’d call a 430 with the salifert test. Margin of error is 5% so it could actually be 416 in reality.

[@57koop]

Thanks because after watching videos I was not going to get one but after watching this I think I will try it! Your comment about Hannah being a reputable company would not put out something that didn’t work

[@CandyCoralAquatics]

Perfect video I just ordered all three today thanks

[@bladerunner6032]

Excellent demo. Very helpful. Subbed.

[@fishfischer355]

Awesome piece of information bud.

[@landscapingspecialist]

Best Hanna instruction video to date. Thanks bud 🙌🏻

[@CyndiR_]

Thanks for making this! Had to double check that I was doing this correctly earlier today.

[@eatsleepreef9565]

🤙🏼😊 glad it helped

[@tohaputraaffan7521]

Hello

[@Mike75W]

Great video - very helpful - thanks!

[@carl68chris68]

i have to say , i was in such despair before i watched this !! hanna should really clarify much better, ty ty ty !!! my reading was in the 550 range , and i tested 4 times before i watched this !! was testing my rodi salt water too PS love the way u open the foil pac too !!

[@eatsleepreef9565]

Glad I could help :)

[@vadovelocity9831]

Thank u for perfect info! Also i believe the bottom of the water loop is called a concave meniscus. :) i remember from lab study lol

[@radajamesjavelosa]

I really admire your healthy aquarium, just your method of feeding the corals, I did try that and I got more color too my corals, thank you bro👍👍👊

[@eatsleepreef9565]

Glad you were able to replicate it :)

[@radajamesjavelosa]

Happy Thanksgiving bro, too you and your family👍 🦃🦃🦃

[@felixramos4776]

thanks for the good video! one tip, always push the air out of the 100uL pipette before you put it into the tank water. otherwise you might get inaccuracies in the volume you extract

[@eatsleepreef9565]

Ya i always do that just forgot to mention. Thanks!

[@ImCools]

Amazing video as usual my man I’m so glad I haven’t been doing it wrong thank god 🤣

[@eatsleepreef9565]

Hahaha thanks man glad you enjoyed it :)

[@brianamaya9537]

Bro love your video!!!! I saw you on Instagram doing the give away!!! And I started watching one video after another!!! You have good things going bro!!!

[@eatsleepreef9565]

Appreciate the love and glad to see you here over from Instagram! Good luck and hope you win!! 🎉🤙🏼

[@brianamaya9537]

EAT SLEEP Reef same really want that light my current USA is almost on its last limb lol

[@MikiCab1]

I worked in the medical industry and to assure accuracy you should calibrate the pipette once per year. I figured out a cheap way of doing that. You can buy calibrated glass pipette or a volumetric pipette as a standard. You pipette out the amount of water, I use food coloring to make it easy to see and then use the glass pipette to check the volume. Easy way to check calibration. Another way is to use a scale then they you have to get your scale calibrated every year. Good video

[@charlescox4213]

thanks very much for this video I picked up a few tips

[@cecilecadore5435]

Thank you so much! Very clear

[@billybilly3333333333]

Excellent, thank you---The one question I have is with the first syringe you used to get the RO water. Someone mentioned to me that you don't have to use the extension piece, just use the syringe itself and draw it up to the 0.1 level. If you 'do' use the extension do you draw the water up to the 0.1 level on the syringe or the top round mark on the extension. Thx again.

[@briangrove597]

Thanks for the video, I use the marine master kit from Hana, follow the same process, but still get differnet results. However I am using RODI, but will try distilled water to see if that is any better.

[@PsyWARAquariums]

yup! I've been doing this way wrong. the 2 parts that got me were the bottom of the bubble thing and the .1ml plunger thing. I'm gonna go grab some distilled water too. i think my RO/DI water is really hard (high in calcium). thanks for the video.

[@eatsleepreef9565]

Glad I could help :)

[@asmodeus6631]

Thank you for sharing. 👍👍

[@brianculater6444]

I just got this Hanna checker!! By chance are you still testing your calcium with this test kit??? This was a very helpful video I greatly appreciate you sharing it!!!!!

[@desmondlarmond9698]

Brilliant instructions now i know what i was doing wrong.

[@kiddt1999]

I am in the 90%. Wow, glad i dont have coral yet. I subscribed bro, thanks!

[@Bakero007]

Thanks man, really helped.

[@thilog5874]

Thank you from Munich, Germany

[@mrvang8077]

This is the best guide by far with the proper way of testing your calcium using the hanna kit. Thank You sir! The hanna guide video was not really helpful as it seems like they just skip all the details that were crucial to doing it properly were just left out.

[@Cliffepoos]

Very useful.

[@Steely3425]

After watching I will look more into purchasing one.

[@jchurchill75]

Rite Aid brand purified water TDS comes back consistently at 2. Distilled 6-7. I’ll have to check out cvs. Thanks!

[@bigvalona]

When measuring the regent do you go to the .1 mark or just above it which would be the 0.0 mark ?

[@ronniekregar3482]

i swear after watching your videos for a while now, i had a totally different picture in my mind of what you looked like from your voice.

[@parkernape1560]

Dude great video

[@zyboman]

Best video subbed now thanks

[@BALD8BIL]

Thanks for the video I have the phosphate Checker and when I first got it and did my reading I contacted them by email and I still have the email from the person that told me is that they cannot help me with the answer I was looking for I needed to talk to my local pet store so It kind of scares me from Hanna

[@tylerjaax4917]

You should do a video on the Phosphate checker. This was helpful.

[@eatsleepreef9565]

That’s next ;)

[@zgzgchen4328]

good jobs!!!

[@jobetq4528]

Well done 👍

[@vsreef1042]

Thank you, my reading was off by 10ppm because I was using too much sample water

[@casperghost7298]

I was thinking about getting one, but I thought because of them being a little higher priced, you just put tank water in it and checked it, This is just a lot of work, i'll still with API, they have always been pretty accurate for me and it's done in no time

[@Jimmy-xr5qw]

"90% do it wrong" and you are one of them!! jusing the 10ml scale is wrong. Cuz the Glas is different and the 10ml scale is different. 👏👏

[@katiebourgeois1582]

Is 483 a good level? It doesn’t come with anything to check the rang for high or low

[@geo1706]

Are you taking the 1ml of reagent to the top of the first or second black rubber ring in the syringe?

[@MichaelJaikaran]

I understand the video but this hanna checkers is not accurate because one it's reading is low the next day the reading is high. All the different distilled water I am using including my own RODI water and it's different reading all the time. One day it's 425 the next day it's 431 and the funny thing is that I have stop my dosing because my calcium was reading 519. Also the calcium checkers by red sea was giving me a 350 ppm al the time because I was dosing 9ml every day. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thx.

[@devildawg4947]

Can we use rodi water instead of RO water? Thanks

[@lazarofagundo9931]

Question?... if i wait more than 15 seconds to put it in the tester.. will affect the measure????

[@sheezym]

One question, when using the first syringe to draw water where do you measure from the bottom of the plunger like you do with the Red Sea or from the meniscus? I find that little syringe very hard to read!

[@eatsleepreef9565]

If it’s the syringe from the black rubber seal. Honestly if doesn’t matter as long as you don’t he same every singe time.

[@dereefer6834]

I love the idea of the Hanna checker which gives a numerical reading, however I wish it was more user friendly seems tedious and leaves little room for common error, I’ll just stick to the old faithful salifert calcium test kits.

[@MrAirtaz]

To get the 1 mil mark with the first syringe, where are you stopping the plunger?

[@holothuria9568]

I have two concerns. The first is the very small size of the saltwater sample. The second is the use of liquid reagents. One major benefit of the Hanna phosphate checker, for example, is the use of foil-wrapped reagent powder which does not significantly deteriorate. With liquid reagents they deteriorate rapidly once opened.

[@zombiesindustries]

Wait do I put RO water in both??

[@BillyPipes]

Lol. I used "the right way" slogan on my test kit videos too👍

[@eatsleepreef9565]

I remember seeing it I believe hahaha :)

[@Chris-zi9bb]

@@eatsleepreef9565 I use mine the correct way and I find it very unreliable! If I do the test 3 times, I get 3 drastically different readings. Last time I literally got 507, 422, 389

[@Younotus455]

Hey man you should do an update video, Hanna recommends using there hanna h170436m distilled water solution to accurately measure with this checker now

[@619timbercali]

This curve the water experiences is called a meniscus, it's a property of surface tension. For those who might want to understand it more.

[@travelwithme7133]

Hi so my phosphate Hanna checked turns off after 2 mins. Does this kit do the same? I don't think 2mins is long enough for me by the time I add the powder. Thanks

[@ed-gw3ov]

I think the problem is not having the packet open and ready to pour into the curvet. I thought that too initially with another tester. But since I had gotten everything ready, and a system in place there was plenty of time to do it before the timer turns off.

[@RobBoryckiGolf]

Can you do a copper test

[@ElecBrane]

Thanks

[@truereefkeeping6022]

It’s funny because I do this already for all of my checkers, I have a little bit of ocd when testing and I guess it paid off because apparently I was doing it correctly this whole time

[@hunterh891]

They sell the water for testing by hanna as well its expensive though but accurate readings.

[@jimelliott33]

I love how people are into one thing are generally into the same other things, I’m into reefing and rc planes also 🎉

[@n7vr]

My wife let me buy the Extra 300 after seeing this video. The video did verify I have been testing correctly. Now if I could get the Extra 300 to lznd as easily in a 25 mph wind, I would be in like Flynn 🤣

[@stayslidewayz]

drinking water work??

[@STRADER29]

I've been using this kit for about a year with great repeatable results, always in the 430-450 range. Then just recently I didn't test for about 2 weeks and now my test was flashing 600. So I trusted the unit, even did a second test using a new vial. Compared results with my red kit, and red sea showing 450-470. Then I got worried, changed the battery just to see, nope same results. Figuring now maybe my reagents were low and not accurate. Went to LFS and bought a refill kit. Tested water again. still flashing 600. I mixed up a new batch RSCP salt water to have another reference (which should be around 465)...nope flashing 600. SO I'm at a loss now. The unit is broken. After one year of perfect tests and took very good care of this kit all I get now is flashing 600. I'm fortunate I didn't turning off my dosing for a week or more trusting this unit. I was really an advocate of this kit because I was getting great results EVERY TIME. And just like that, the unit is no longer useful. I've been using the same distilled water I've always been using, even tried a different one.

[@studchinc]

is it the same method when using the alk and pho tester?

[@larsjohannesson398]

Less complicated for the alk/phos/nitrate tests

[@Ray-wr2wr]

hi are you still using calcium hanna checker?

[@Lando1020]

Still confused on syringe drawing reagent. You state "pull all way to 1 mil mark" the 1.0 ml mark is at very tip. Your reagent did not reach the 1ml mark. So do you simply draw syringe all the way open with disregard to marks on syringe? Sorry if I misunderstood.

[@Mordie101]

The beard is goals 😂😂

[@perovic96]

But is your calcium really 433? Can you do a video testing reference solution?

[@bkfishes]

Hello I have this test I use distilled water from shop rite and with the same water I get 3 different readings tired of it

[@jonnymbuna]

Is that andrei arlovski?

[@gabesreef]

👍 I dont have one so I'm not using it wrong lol

[@user-cf7yu2wi1t]

Walmart distilled water will give you an insane amount of dinos

[@Bob-ww7ot]

Guess what, I’m one of the 10% that get it right. But I’m sure newbies will appreciate ur video.

[@rja9784]

Does your beard have a KZbin channel? I would like to subscribe

[@acidicburrito3707]

Finally 😀

[@brighton09100]

Starting to wander if I should have just stuck with Salifert. Pain in the ass.

[@Jnovoa24]

Me watching this after washing all my cuvettes with tap water 😅.

[@goodyearreefer8994]

Yep was pushing it too far thanks

[@xisotopex]

you should use whatever water you are using to make your saltwater with.

[@PokePackFire]

i never knew...

[@josephcraig765]

I’ve used these watched the videos, did the tests using cvs water, compared to Red Sea and several other tests and my hanna is always off by 100 ppm or more showing very high test results. I’ve tried RO water, distilled water from several companies even medical grade pure water it’s always off. I love my Hanna’s but this one is HORRIBLY inaccurate.