API 5-IN-1 TEST STRIPS Freshwater and Saltwater Aquarium Test Strips 100-Count Box
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API 5-IN-1 TEST STRIPS Freshwater and Saltwater Aquarium Test Strips 100-Count Box

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Details

  • Brand
    API
  • Ph Range
    6.5 - 8.0
  • Recommended Uses For Product
    Freshwater and
  • Unit Count
    1.0 Count
  • Manufacturer
    Mars Fishcare
🐟Tests nitrite & nitrate
💧Monitors pH levels
📊100-count for longevity

Description

🐠 Dive into peace of mind with every dip!

  • VERSATILE USE - Perfect for both freshwater and saltwater setups.
  • PREVENT FISH LOSS - Protect your investment with proactive testing.
  • QUICK EASY TESTING - Dip, wait, and read for instant results.
  • AQUARIUM HEALTH GUARDIAN - Stay ahead of invisible water issues!
  • WEEKLY MONITORING MADE SIMPLE - Keep your aquatic friends thriving effortlessly.

The API 5-IN-1 Test Strips provide a comprehensive solution for monitoring essential water parameters in both freshwater and saltwater aquariums. With 100 strips in a box, these easy-to-use dip tests allow for quick and accurate readings of pH, nitrite, nitrate, carbonate, and general water hardness, ensuring a healthy environment for your aquatic life.

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what should the normal readings be for freshwater glofish?
Why the #%$ wouldn't they include ammonia in this?
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How long do these typically last until they expire? I'm trying to decide whether to buy a 25 or 100 pack. Thanks :)

Reviews

4.6

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D**N

Don’t waste your time or money.

Shipping was fast, easy to use, and quality is good for what they are, although the accuracy was not. The strips wouldn’t read at all, it was as if there was plastic on top of the squares where you’re supposed to test the levels. Every time you’d dip the strip, nothing would happen. If they worked as they were meant to I’d have been happy, but the case is they just didn’t. I don’t recommend, won’t purchase again, and advise you to save yourself the trouble and buy the freshwater fish tank test kit.

P**N

Accurate and convenient,

I disagree with comments that say the strips are inaccurate. I bought a box of 100. When I got some alarming test results, I got the Master Test Kit. It turned out my KH was really 0, with low PH. I found the results to be very close to each other, though the results are easier to read on the Master Kit.Even though I have the Master Kit, I use the strips most of the time. A lot more convenient.

P**R

Test strips

Use these strips for my Koi pond. Very easy very quick reading. Gave an overall view of what’s going on in my Pond.

M**C

Easy and works very well for quick and accurate-enough water ...

Easy and works very well for quick and accurate-enough water checks. Not accurate enough for knowing exactly where your water is though. These are good to identify problems, not so good for precisely dialing in water parameters. That said, the fact that it is so easy means one will do it more, so hopefully one will know of issues before they become a problem. I prefer these for my kid's tank. I wish they had one that included an ammonia test on the all-in-one strip. I use another test kit for ammonia. The GH and KH on these are rough at best and not too useful for me.

L**N

They work well

I love the price point on these. They're a must-have for any aquarium owner and are ridiculously expensive if you purchase directly from a pet store. 10 for $25 versus 100 for the $11 that I paid for them. Great product!

G**

Quantity

Great deal for the price

R**G

Take care good fishies

Fish are still alive since last August.

K**.

Got a new tank? You're going to want to know about Ammonia, and this won't test that for you.

These strips are easier to use than the API master test kits, which is why I initially just got them. They also test general and carbonate hardness (GH and KH, respectively), which are important and which those kits don't cover. Finally, these strips are MUCH safer to use - if your child under 12, say, has a tank they're testing it alone most of the time, get both this and the master kit, and make the master kit something you do together - with only you handling the chemicals for Ammonia and Nitrate testing.However...These strips, irritatingly, don't come with instructions. You can google for them, and find a PDF with them on the API website, but after I did that, I found that some of what those instructions say about ideal parameters for tropical fish are really at odds with what I'm reading a lot of other places - especially where hardness is concerned. I think there are even some disagreements with the instructions (which actually are provided, thank goodness) in their own Master Test Kit.Also, the results aren't ideally made for accuracy within the small range of results you're going to be dealing with most of the time. The scale is just too inprecise (like leaving the inches off a yardstick) where you want to know more detail - and that isn't helped by the fact that it's a difficult judgement call which color things have turned too often. The low end of the Nitrite and Nitrate readings, especially, are extremely difficult to distinguish from each other on the basis of tiny differences between very similar shades of pink - and you really, really need to know those results, especially starting up a tank, and you should hope you never see them stray too far from that small range where it is the most difficult to read what's going on with these strips.I trust API's quality to be higher than many of the other test strips out there, but they're still riddled with issues. I can't recommend anyone rely on them alone.

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