Nitrachek 404

Nitrachek is an excellent portable pocket size instrument for the determination of nitrates in soil, plants and water. By regularly monitoring your Aquarium you can avoid harmful and costly build ups of Nitrates, which as most fishkeepers know are an indication of bacterial build up which can lead to disease.

• Advantages of using Nitrachek
• Quick and easy to use " Results in just 60 Seconds" Internal countdown timer.
• Utilises accurate Merckoquant Nitra-Test strips
• "No Messy Reagents" eliminating the risk of contamination
• Large LCD, Displays results in mg/l (ppm), Range: 5 - 500 ppm
• Eliminates inherent problems with the human eye to detect slight colour changes.
• Memory function stores up to 20 readings, including date & time stamp.
• Includes a self calibration check strip
• Portable battery operated instrument, includes a handy protective wallet

Nitrachek was reviewed in Practical Fish Keeping articles

1. Step 1
2. Prepare sample solution for analysis. KPG Products do not provide details on the preparation of samples due to the wide variety of applications and methods available.Step 2
3. Insert unused test strip into the Nitrachek read-head (to calibrate / zero strip)
   Nitrachek ready to calibrate test strip
   
   Mercokuant strip - ready to calibrate Nitrachek
   
   test strip calibrate and redy to use
   Step 3
4. Immediately dip test strip into sample solution to be analysed for 2 seconds, remove and shake off excess solution, wait 60 seconds (countdown timer on Nitrachek) for colour change.
   Dip the strip in the sample
   
   activated test strip
   Step 4
5. As the countdown approaches 60 seconds (audible bleeps) 3, 2, 1, Insert activated test strip into read-head and close hatch. Measurement is automatic and the results displayed on the large LCD in ppm / Mg/l
   Nitrachek - result is 99 mg/l (ppm)