Tests

Jamie3553

Good afternoon, marine enthusiasts. Please recommend a set of basic tests for starting a marine aquarium. If there are ready-made kits from specific brands that you have used and found reliable, and that are affordable, I would appreciate your advice.

Bridget

I used 5-in-1 test strips for the startup. Even though they say they are not accurate, they are perfect for the initial phase: ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, KH, and pH. (My strips also had GH, but it's only informative for freshwater). You can determine the cycle's establishment with them, and the price is around 350. I also bought a phosphate test. Later, after the startup and once the strips were finished, I got separate tests for KH, Ca, Mg, and nitrate.

Amber6362

Which company did you choose?

Breanna9982

The test strips were API.