Betta with red markings and weird white dot?

[Obsessed with fish]

Ok... Out of curiosity, how much does Australia charge you for the test kit?

the API master test kit was $60 AU, that's about $115 US, thats the one i didnt get, the ones i got were $25 AU, thats about $47 US

 

[Rocky998]

the API master test kit was $60 AU, that's about $115 US, thats the one i didnt get, the ones i got were $25 AU, thats about $47 US

What the HECK! Man, just... I cant speak

 

[Obsessed with fish]

What the HECK! Man, just... I cant speak

Me to, honesly. This hobby is so expensive.

 

[itiwhetu]

I think you got your calculations back to front $60 AU is about $43 US

 

[Obsessed with fish]

I think you got your calculations back to front $60 AU is about $43 US

Wait, I thought that American money was more, not less

 

[itiwhetu]

Wait, I thought that American money was more, not less

Yep Us dollars are worth more. $1 US costs you $1.37 Au

 

[Obsessed with fish]

Yep Us dollars are worth more. $1 US costs you $1.37 Au

thankyou

 

[Essjay]

If you got just ammonia and nitrite, they are much simpler than nitrate. None of the bottles have to be shaken like nitrate, and the tubes only have to be shaken for a few seconds to mix everything up. Ammonia has 2 bottles, nitrite has one. Ammonia #1 has gloopy drops so they come out slowly; ammonia #2 has runny drops so they come out quickly - add this one slowly or they'll come out so fast you can't count them. Nitrite is also runny.
Those are the important testers as they can kill fish quickly.

Make sure you wash the test tubes as soon as you've read the colour. Anything left in the tube can cause a false reading next time. The nitrite one particularly sticks to the glass if it's left too long before washing.

Edited for spelling

 

[Obsessed with fish]

If you got just ammonia and nitrite, they are much simpler than nitrate. None of the bottles have to be shaken like nitrate, and the tubes only have to be shaken for a few seconds to mix everything up. Ammonia has 2 bottles, nitrite has one. Ammonia #1 has gloopy drops so they come out slowly; ammonia #2 has runny drops so they come out quickly - add this one slowly or they'll come out so fast you can't count them. Nitrite is also runny.
Those are the important testers as they can kill fish quickly.

Make sure you wash the test tubes as soon as you've read the colour. Anything left in the tube can cause a false reading next time. The nitrite one particularly sticks to the glass if it's left too long before washing.

Edited for spelling

Thank you.

 

[Rocky998]

Me to, honesly. This hobby is so expensive.

Correction: For SOME it is outrageously expensive

 

[Rocky998]

Yep Us dollars are worth more. $1 US costs you $1.37 Au

I'm confused now.... Then why does a 25 dollar item here costs them $110 AU there? Thats a HUGE jump

 

[itiwhetu]

I'm confused now.... Then why does a 25 dollar item here costs them $110 AU there? Thats a HUGE jump

Taxes and freight and Duty.

 

[Obsessed with fish]

Taxes and freight and Duty.

Huh

 

[Rocky998]

Taxes and freight and Duty.

Ah, that makes sense!

 

[Rocky998]

Huh

Well, API is an American brand as far as I know, and some of the test kits thats UK costs 125 for us... But since API is from us (which is on the other side of the earth) its going to cost more in taxes and in shipping. Which means that a lot of the aquarium stuff that AU has probably comes from china or America.