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5 guides.
The API Freshwater Master Test Kit is still the kit to beat for freshwater tanks. Here is what each of its five tests measures, how to run them correctly, and its limits.
Sponge first, then biomedia, then floss or carbon if you want them. Here is what each kind of filter media does, the order it goes in, and what to rinse versus replace.
API's Freshwater Master Test Kit is the one we would buy: ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and two pH ranges, over 800 tests. Here is when strips are enough and what reef tanks need.
Cycling grows the bacteria that turn fish waste into nitrate. Here is the fishless method, the fish-in method, what to test every other day, and the reading that says the tank is ready.
Reef tanks and soft-water fish need RO/DI water; most community tanks do fine on conditioned tap water. Here is what RO removes, what it wastes, and the units we would buy.
