Hanna Meters

I'm using four Hanna meters to test my pond water
- Nitrite
- Ammonia
- Chlorine
- KH
This video shows you how I use the meters and the results from my pond water. Because I am Red/Green colour blind I cannot use the standard test kits by myself. I always need someone else to determine the readings. The readings are not as accurate as using the meters.

[@diddygreen5077]

Top video 👍 I have got them Best thing I bought for accurate pond Parameters

[@northernkoikeeper512]

Thanks very much. Yes they are the best way to get pond readings. They are about £70 each but well worth getting Ammonia and Nitrite if not the Chlorine, and KH. Buy them one at a time.

[@peterfinkill8098]

Yeah they are a much more accurate reading. Buying them one at a time is a great idea. I would go Ammonia, Nitrite, Chlorine, KH. Thanks for watching.

[@northernkoikeeper512]

Ta

[@georgea2583]

Great insight to using the Hanna test meters. I have seen them before and do look a great piece of kit although a tad expensive 🤬. May be worth buying one at a time over a period . Thanks for sharing 👍

[@northernkoikeeper512]

Totally agree. Buy them one by one. Ammonia, Nitrite, Total Chlorine, KH

[@garethwatkins1897]

Hi, I’m looking to get the Hannah chlorine test kit so I can check the pond and see if my dechlorinator is still effective. What’s the difference between the free chlorine and total chlorine and which one is best to get?

[@peterfinkill8098]

Hi Gareth.
As I understand it the difference is.
Free chlorine is all the bad chlorine that you cannot live with. This has to be a zero reading on the meter.
Total Chlorine contains Free Chlorine plus other not so harmful (in the short term) chlorines. You would try to get that to zero too but may be ok if it's not made up with any Free Chlorine.
So if you only get 1 of the 2 meters then get Total Chlorine and try to get it to zero
If you have both chlorine meters then if your Free Chlorine is zero then there's no need to panic if the Total Chlorine shows a small reading.
I hope this makes some sense to you? If you're still confused then let me know
Regards
Peter

[@garethwatkins1897]

Hi Peter, thanks for explaining, that does make sense now. I’ll start with the total Chlorine one and then can add to it if necessary.

[@northernkoikeeper512]

Good Plan....

[@mattsonhobbies6966]

👍 Where did you get your tests from

[@georgea2583]

I’ve seen some on Amazon if that helps 👍

[@mattsonhobbies6966]

@@georgea2583 I will have a look tha k you 👍

[@northernkoikeeper512]

@@mattsonhobbies6966 Hi Matt. Love your channel. I got them from Hanna themselves.
www.hannainstruments.co.uk/products/photometers/pocket-checkers.html
I use
HI-701 Free Chlorine Handheld Colorimeter - Checker®HC
HI-775 Freshwater Alkalinity Colorimeter - Checker®HC
HI-707 Nitrite Low Range Handheld Colorimeter - Checker®HC
HI-700 Ammonia Low Range Colorimeter - Checker®HC (0.00 to 3.00ppm)

[@mattsonhobbies6966]

@@northernkoikeeper512 thank you buddy hope your enjoying it, really do appreciate it 👍👍👍
Thank you will have a look now 👌✌️👍👍

[@peterfinkill8098]

@@mattsonhobbies6966 Seen this from someone else that bought a meter from Hanna " I received my chlorine Hanna tester yesterday .also a little tip ! On checkout and it asks for discount code... email the company first and ask for a discount code , wait for reply ,then order , I got 10% "

[@progressivepondkeeping]

Hello mate, I could do with one of those I have to get the wife to read my api because I'm colour blind 🤣👌👍

[@northernkoikeeper512]

Yeah I'm red/green colour blind. That's why I bought these. Expensive but well worth it if you can afford it.

[@progressivepondkeeping]

@@northernkoikeeper512 definitely worth the money from what I hear 👌👍

[@northernkoikeeper512]

@@progressivepondkeeping Takes the guesswork out of readings by colour. Get an exact reading.

[@progressivepondkeeping]

@@northernkoikeeper512 that's it

[@EXSKIN]

Just got 2 today Ammonia and Nitrite, Ammonia was 0 Nitrite was 6 x3.29 =19.74 divide by a 1000 =0.01974. So is that good bad so so, there's nothing like a chart that I can find to tell you what it means. my liquid test says I don't have a problem clear on the colour chart.
Sorry to sound thick but this is new to me.

[@northernkoikeeper512]

Hi. Thanks for your comment. Don't think your thick you just haven't learnt that information yet. You will learn by asking.
I have seen differing values but obviously we want both of those values as low as possible. I have seen a TH-cam video where he shows a chart for Hanna Meters for Ammonia and Nitrite values that shows Green Values(Ok), Orange Values (Keep an eye on this) and Red values (Bad get the values down).
It is at about 18 minute 50 secs into the video.
th-cam.com/video/fsSIGs3QvKs/w-d-xo.html
There is also quite a bit of information on the 'Manky Sanke' site (Syd Mitcheli) www.mankysanke.co.uk/index.html
And an Ammonia values chart based on your PH and Pond Temperature.
I think the thing is not to panic if it goes up higher than you would like. Just stop feeding and do water changes.
Your Ammonia and Nitrite readings are fine.

[@EXSKIN]

@@northernkoikeeper512 Thanks for the detailed reply,off to watch vid now:-)

[@KoiTimeUSA]

thanks for sharing newest subscriber to your channel here. Hanna meters are an expensive kit mate

[@peterfinkill8098]

Thanks for subscribing. Yeah they sre bit unfortunately everything to do with koi is. I am red/green colour blind so the colour type kits are no good for me.

[@northernkoikeeper512]

Expensive to buy and expensive for reagents. Buy them one at a time and build up your collection. Ammonia, Nitrite, Total Chlorine and KH. They are about $70 here in the UK. How much would you have to pay in the US?