water testing

Hello! I’ve had my tank about a year now so I’m relatively new to the hobby. In the past I’d only ever tested ammonia, PH, nitrite & nitrate but recently I decided to test KH & GH as I’ve had a couple of guppy deaths. I’ve read various articles but honestly I’m still none the wiser on what safe...

Hello All! I have tried to find some good forums for getting back into the hobby but none seem to be very active or as engaging as this one. I've run quite a few successful tanks in the past but havent done so in a while. I set-up a 20 gallon high, planted tank. Theres about 8 different plants...

Hello there. I am cycling a tank for the first time, its 15l, supposed to be for a beta. Now, I have it up and running on and off for about a month now, but since I was away for a week and electricity stopped working while I was away, I changed the whole water- so now the tank is running with...

I recently started up a tank. I used to keep bettas with my grandma (mostly just helped her feed them lol) and didn’t realize what care went into fish keeping. That being said, I had an impulse moment and bought a betta. I had him in a ten gallon alone but wanted to start a community because he...

Hi Guys Please can anyone advise me what meters to use to check PH TDS KH Cannot recall the other ones. I have had bad luck using singular meters for PH, TDS etc. And have vowed not to buy cheap ones again. For instance getting a cheap TDS meter to show the correct value for Reverse...

Hello there!!!   Due to thievery of buckets and general busyness/laziness with perfectly maintained tanks... my tanks are no longer perfectly maintained and my water is crazy.  Now I have some questions.  For the stats, after the LFS telling me I had issues, I bought a test kit yesterday to test...

I have managed to break two glass test tubes in as many days. I have the API master test kit but do I need to replace them with more API ones or could I get a more robust replacement? I don't want to mess up the test results :/ I am guessing plastic would be no good. I am open to changing...

I have a questiong about water test kits.  I know I have seen pretty much everyone say that the quick dip strips are wildly innacurate.  My question is how are they innacurate? Like, false positive, false negative? No reading whatsoever? My main reason for asking aside from just plain curiosity...