Anyone used the NT Labs 6-in-1 liquid test kit instead of the API Freshwater Master?

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

As in the title, anyone use this test kit? My test bottles are nearly out for nitrates and ammonia in my API freshwater master test kit, but the price for the API kit has gone up even further, while the NT labs one is much more reasonably priced. It's still a liquid test kit, so I assume it would be just as accurate, but wanted to seek other's opinions either way first!

 

[AmyKieran]

Yes I use this one all the time. I find the nitrate test to be a bit sensitive, other than that it’s great

Also stupid how the gh bottles is 2 drops of the first bottle then like 15 drops of the second.

Meaning you run out of the second quickly

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Yes I use this one all the time. I find the nitrate test to be a bit sensitive, other than that it’s great

Also stupid how the gh bottles is 2 drops of the first bottle then like 15 drops of the second.

Meaning you run out of the second quickly

Thanks!
The GH bottle is gonna vary, people with soft water shouldn't need many drops, so depends on your water hardness. I'm sure someone here wrote a post recently about writing to them about selling bottles of the second reagent separately - and got a response. Dang, can't remember who that was! Will try to find that thread.

How do you mean that the nitrate test is sensitive? Isn't that good?

 

[Fishmanic]

i rarely have to perform any tests except a test for nitrate very occasionally . I use Salifert test for nitrates. It is so much easier and more accurate compared to API nitrate test.

 

[AmyKieran]

Thanks!
The GH bottle is gonna vary, people with soft water shouldn't need many drops, so depends on your water hardness. I'm sure someone here wrote a post recently about writing to them about selling bottles of the second reagent separately - and got a response. Dang, can't remember who that was! Will try to find that thread.

How do you mean that the nitrate test is sensitive? Isn't that good?

No because so sensitive it’s inaccurate, it’s also difficult to distinguish the levels of pink.

It was @Lynnzer that posted that btw