Water Testing

[xltd1]

What is better for testing out your tank's water? Strips or a chemical kit? The reason for asking is I am coming up with conflicting pH readings. With strips, I am getting a 6.0-6.4 reading and with a chemical kit, I am getting 7.0-7.2.

 

[vic]

Hands down, no contest, purchase the chemical test kits. Albeit, the strips are somewhat simpler to use, the strips are rediculously expensive and are about as accurate as throwing a dart. Talk to you LFS people about the best kit to buy in you location. Also, they do not live forever, pay attention to the best before date. IMO Aquarium Pharamacuticals produce the best kits, North American base.
Cheers;

 

[xltd1]

I have the API test kit which I like quite a bit. Other areas of testing were about the same, but the pH was just way off, which caused a little concern. Thanks for the input.

 

[SugarQube]

Started with the test strips, bought a chemical test kit cost effective and accurate, to think about how much I spent on those test strips

 

[BigC]

Strips are useless. Not acurate.
Regards
BigC