{"product_id":"salifert-nitrate-test-kit-50-tests","title":"Salifert Nitrate Test Kit - 60 tests","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eNitrate testing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eWhen an aquarium has insufficient regions deprived of oxygen (= anaerobic zones) or denitrification proceeds incompletely then nitrate will build-up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eA too high nitrate concentration can result in unwanted algae-growth and these might irritate corals in their neighborhood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eNitrate as such also retards coral growth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eThe nitrate concentration in a proper functioning reef aquarium should preferably be lower than 1 mg\/L. Fish-only aquariums would usually show much higher nitrate concentrations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eMost test kits use a procedure in which a certain part of nitrate is converted chemically into nitrite and is measured as such.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eOnce again, just as with nitrite testing, amine interference has a major impact on the measured value. If such an interference occurs concentrations much lower than actual will be measured.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eMany nitrate test kits are prone to amine interference. This can give results much lower than actual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;\"\u003eThe Salifert nitrate test\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003edoes not suffer from such an amine interference. The very special ingredients allow a very fast and precise measurement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThe range spans from very low to a very high nitrate concentration (approx. 0.05 – 20 mg\/L as Nitrate-Nitrogen or 0.2 – 100 mg\/L as nitrate ion).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;\"\u003eThe kit can perform approx. 60 measurements.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salifert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55776115163465,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0778\/5827\/5657\/files\/Screenshot2026-10-28184206.png?v=1793205791","url":"https:\/\/aquariumprime.com\/products\/salifert-nitrate-test-kit-50-tests","provider":"Aquariumprime Ltd.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}