Who’s Testing the Test Kits?
A good testing regimen is crucial to understanding your saltwater aquarium. There is a concert of invisible chemical reactions happening in a delicate balance, and knowing how to manipulate your water quality can be the difference between a thriving environment and an expensive tank crash. Without testing for baseline values, making changes with any accuracy is impossible. Investing in quality tools is just as important as using a quality salt, but are all test kit brands available the same?
There’s an abundance of anecdotal evidence on which brands give the most accurate results, but it’s difficult to know who and what to trust. We’ve taken a look at four popular hobbyist test kits and compared their performance against an industry standard ICP analysis to let the data do the talking.
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