Triton testing postage

[Circle10]

how many stamps do you guys use to send a triton test sample ??sending from Los Angeles

 

[organism]

I thought postage was covered? I know it was prepaid on mine but I got them last year.

 

[Tangwich]

Yea it's prepaid thru aquarium water testing....thought it was the same with triton

 

[Circle10]

??? Doesn't say anything about postage on instructions on envelope, added return address sticker just in case..

 

[organism]

Can you post a picture of both sides of the envelope?

 

[Circle10]

 

[organism]

Wow that's weird, looking on unique corals it looks like they changed things up, now it says "affix required postage"

 

[rayray]

Just wondering, since they are located near me, are people sending off water samples only when they have problems, or "just to know" even when things look good?

 

[Circle10]

Called unique corals , was told some tests were not labeled correctly, and that new test kits have been updated with new shipment instructions.. $2.45 is the postage needed to ship..

 

[BeanMachine]

Just wondering, since they are located near me, are people sending off water samples only when they have problems, or "just to know" even when things look good?

Both. The samples are sent to Germany, Unique is the middle man.

 

[jbaeza83]

Both. The samples are sent to Germany, Unique is the middle man.

They are sent to Germany?? Wouldnt the bacteria in the samples start to die off during shipment causing inaccurate results?

 

[BeanMachine]

They are sent to Germany?? Wouldnt the bacteria in the samples start to die off during shipment causing inaccurate results?

Bacteria? The test is for major and minor elements, metals, etc.

 

[rayray]

The web site says to test your water for trace elements, so you will "be able to precisely replicate natural the water chemistry conditions from reefs around the world", i thought the ~5 or so articles on testing all reef salts showed every brand of salt varied a lot from NSW in their trace profiles?

 

[theMerchant]

That's why they suggest using their salts .

I'm going to send it my first test soon. Just started the Triton system this month.

 

[BeanMachine]

The web site says to test your water for trace elements, so you will "be able to precisely replicate natural the water chemistry conditions from reefs around the world", i thought the ~5 or so articles on testing all reef salts showed every brand of salt varied a lot from NSW in their trace profiles?

With the testing, they give you a baseline and your variance. So in theory you could use any salt, then add the particular elements that are low etc.