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

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Even small amounts or low levels of nitrite stress fish, suppressing their immune systems and increasing the likelihood of disease, which is why it’s important to test for nitrite using API FRESHWATER MASTER TEST KIT. Recommended Products TURTLE SLUDGE DESTROYER MARINE STRESS ZYME™ QUICK START™ NITRATE TEST KIT Receive exclusive tips, updates and offers by signing up for the API® brand newsletter! General Hardness, pH and Alkalinity values are useful tools, but again, these parameters are innocuous in-and-of themselves. The kit includes computer analysed laminated colour cards, instruction booklet, 4 test tubes, a holding tray for testing bottles and a test tube rack. Even small amounts of ammonia stress fish, suppressing their immune systems and increasing the likelihood of disease outbreaks.

With scientific accuracy for professional results, the reusable FRESHWATER MASTER TEST KIT comes with 4 glass test tubes with snap-tight caps and a convenient holding tub for easy storage. The FRESHWATER MASTER TEST KIT comes with a complete, step-by-step instruction booklet, including information on how to correct unsafe water conditions. API® FRESHWATER MASTER TEST KIT will enable you to test the pH levels in your water as often as needed! The kit includes all the tests required to fully monitor the nitrogen cycle in an aquarium and includes computer-calibrated, laminated colour test cards, 4 glass test tubes and a useful test tube holding tray.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. After I came back from travel and was doing WC day, when I tested this past weekend tank came up 0, I tested three times in 3 tubes to ensure I was consistent and all were 0 or light blue. These levels can change rapidly and create harmful conditions when fish waste, uneaten food or other organic matter accumulate, or when untreated water is added. API Aquarium Freshwater Master Liquid Test Kit tests tap water and aquarium water for five different parameters that affect the health of freshwater fish: pH, High Range pH, Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate.

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. The FRESHWATER MASTER TEST KIT is highly accurate and economical, and includes a computer calibrated, laminated colour card, 4 test tubes and holding tray. The concensus is that test kits are unreliable, I never bought that argument but agree that testing isn't needed. So I was at the LFS yesterday looking for a saltwater test kit so I could see how far into my cycle I am. Avoid the use of soap, as soap residue could be introduced back into the aquarium when filling the test tube at next use, which is something that could be harmful to your fish.I've recommended a drop checker (a type of titration) and conductivity meters because they work in nearly all circumstances. The saltwater test kit provides information on how to perform each test, how often to perform the tests, how to intepretate the results or the the API master test kit and how to correct any unsafe water conditions detected using the test kit. I get it, I dont think we are disagreeing, I recognize my own ignorance and honestly don't have the background to debate it verses someone who specializes in this sort of thing. I don't think we are anti-testing, or opposed to test kits, or to people using them if they feel happier to.

Please note that Aquatix-2u Ltd cannot accept responsibility or liability for issues arising from late or damaged deliveries that are a result of circumstances beyond our control. This is why it’s important to regularly test for the presence of ammonia, which can spike unexpectedly in your aquarium. While it is important to shake the indicated reagent bottles very vigorously, you should be gentler when shaking the test tubes during testing. I’m not using my kit to chase some holy grail /Sisyphean task of making my measurements for ideal replication of some stream or lake, when my supply water is completely unsuitable, I’m using it to make sure I waited long enough that I don’t kill the fish due to ignorance and impatience.and a couple of days later they supply you with the range of values within which your water parameters lie. What test kit lovers always fail to understand in this (seemingly) eternal argument is that it is not the test kit, per se, that is disposed. A booklet of colour coded stickers is provided to label both the test tubes and test tube lids so you always conduct the same test in the same test tube. However, this excludes damages caused by accidents, neglect or misuse of the API Liquid Freshwater Master Test Kit . I've not used the full range but just check with me for the specific tests you decide to purchase - if you go down this route.