API test kit, help!

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Caveden

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everyone could you help post pictures of your test kits? Thank you I would appreciate it so much. I’m not sure what good brand there are!
 
API also provides a test strip version.
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The comparator strip is on the right .
I use both liquid and strips, have compared them, and they both agreed in the ball park accuracy.

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All photos are my well cycled tank
 
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The test kits I use the most are ammonia, pH and High Range pH, KH. But I also have digital TDS pens and a continuous digital monitor for one tank that does TDS/Temp/pH. I have the GH kit but rarely use it. I have not owned a nitrate kit in years. I only use the nitrite kit when running my biofarm for cycling filters and then rarely. But I have been at this for over 20 years and am pretty familiar with my tanks and what I need to test and when.

The API master kit does not have the test for KH or GH.

You can get the API Master on Amazon for $26.74 with free delivery.
https://www.amazon.com/API-FRESHWATER-800-Test-Freshwater-Aquarium/dp/B000255NCI?th=1

They also sell the GH/KH test kit for $10.99.

These are decent tests but they are not scientific quality. The nitrate test is the least accurate of the bunch.
 
I got the Api Master Test kit and I highly reccomend it. You could also try test strips which is easier to use and you get your results quicker but I believe that the Master Test kit always gives better results
 
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