API Freshwater Master Test Kit, Kit includes laminated color card, 4 test tubes & holding tray

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Kit features computer-analyzed laminated color cards, instruction booklet, 4 test tubes, a holding tray for testing bottles and a test tube rack. API® 5-IN-1 TEST STRIPS are the quick and easy way to test the 5 most important aquarium water parameters – pH, KH, GH, nitrate, and nitrite – in one easy step. We have never seen any informative or elucidating discussion on the instructions or packaging of test kits - only scare mongering tactics such as ". What I have gathered is these things are wildly inaccurate, the color-metric scale is hard to read for most of us, but I did test my water for nitrites back to back to back to back and even swapped the test tubes to ensure it wasnt some kind of contamination. It comes with four glass test tubes, a holding tray, test tube rack and computer calibrated, laminated colour card.

Again I am not chasing a specific parameter value like pH, KH, GH or Nitrates other than make my water "safe for fishies". I tried the kit and the charts all said "Freshwater" except Nitrite, which was "Saltwater and Freshwater. It took 2 or so weeks for ammonia from 2 or 3 to get to 0 and another 2 weeks for the Nitrite to come down to 0, it was completely off the scale 5ppm + even after 50% water changes and my tap tested 0. If a report of damage is submitted after the driver has left we may be unable to assist with replacements.

Included in the box are test bottles for pH, High Range pH, Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate Also included is 4 test tubes, colour charts and a holding tray. In a marine situation you have a datum to aim for and high levels of many of the elements you are interested in, so using <" an ICP is a valid method">. I've kept fish off and on since the 1970s and I'm still not very good at it, I'm better with plants, but I'll never have the radiant tanks that many other members have. Simply run the water, open the test tube gently (do not twist the cap), and allow the water to dilute and rinse the contents out of the test tube. The kit has been designed by API to give professional results with scientific accuracy and aid you in maintaining the correct water quality without the need for intense chemistry knowledge.

Testing for the presence of toxic nitrite is essential, so that if it is detected, steps can be taken to remove it. Aquatix-2u Ltd reserves the right to refund, replace or repair (including the supply of spare parts) any item claimed under the terms of the guarantee. Takes a few minutes and while some tests use more test solution than others, this should still last a really long time and so much more accurate than test strips! It’s in a sturdy pot with clear instructions and everything you need to test ph, ammonia, nitrate and nitrite. I don't think we are anti-testing, or opposed to test kits, or to people using them if they feel happier to.Simply dip one test strip directly into the aquarium, and compare the colors on the strip to the color card provided to help prevent invisible water problems that can be harmful to fish. The goal of this shaking step is to mix the contents of the tube together and this can be accomplished by simply inverting the test tube, back and forth every 1-2 seconds, for the indicated amount of time.