Alternative to API test tubes?

January 11, 2009 @ 1:15 am · Filed under Philippines Internet Koi Society

No blood is fine, its the glass part that worries me …see my original post
> whatsammatta noone likes the idea of using blood tubes? they are glass but small enough if you get the red tops theres nothing in them to prevent coagulation either > > — On Sun, 1/11/09, Lenny V. aka GoldLenny wrote: > > From: Lenny V. aka GoldLenny > Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] Re: Alternative to API test tubes? > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 1:24 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > Not that type of plastic. Polypropolene is pretty tough stuff and it’s very > > clear. This chart > > http://www.engineer ingtoolbox. com/polypropylen e-pp-chemical- resistance- d_435 > > .html shows that it gets mostly 1’s (excellent) for most stuff. It does > > poorly with the acetone’s and solvents and stuff that melts most other > > plastics though. We don’t use any of that in our test kits though.. just > > don’t let your wife near them when she’s cleaning the polish off her > > nails…. or you if you’re into that. LOL Some of my other test kit brands > > have plastic test tubes and work fine with those kits and with API’s > > chemicals. > > > > Lenny Vasbinder > > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny. blogspot. com > > (Links to any articles referenced in above reply are listed on the right > > side, alphabetically under Labels and also under Archives by Year, Month) > > > > —–Original Message—– > > From: AquaticLife@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:AquaticLife@ yahoogroups. com] On > > Behalf Of turbocoupe76 > > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 7:08 PM > > To: AquaticLife@ yahoogroups. com > > Subject: [AquaticLife] Re: Alternative to API test tubes? > > > > And the plastic wouldnt affect my test results or discolor? > > > > > > > > > http://www.sciences tuff.com/ prod/L-testTubeX /1011 > > > > > > Dana Rasmussen > > > Seattle > > > > > > > ———— ——— ——— —— > > > > Please, DELETE this line and EVERYTHING below it when replying, Thank You. > > ·´¯`·.¸¸.>.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸> ¸.·´¯`·.¸. , .·´¯`·..> > > PLEASE, when you REPLY to a post, DELETE all TEXT that is NOT important to > > the reply & if CHANGING the TOPIC of the original message MODIFY the SUBJECT > > LINE -> i.e. “new subject (was re: old subject)” > > We Thank You in Advance for Your HELP in this matter.Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >