Review: API Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate Test Kits.

[samuel88]

Hi everyone, just wanted to do a review on API test kits.

Ammonia:

Pros: Cheap, simple instructions.

Cons: I don't know if its just me, but i find that the color of the solution always seems a bit hard to match to the chart. especially from 0 to 0.25PPM which is quite an important range for ammonia, as even a 0.1 ppm is bad.

Nitrite:

Pros: Cheap, simple instructions.

Cons: none that i can think of, nitrite isn't really an important thing to test, so not many people test for it all the time, so a cheap kit like this is good.

Nitrate:

Pros: cheap, seemingly simple instructions

Cons: for solution 2 that you drip into the water sample you have to shake it vigorously for 30 seconds, and after that you need to shake the water sample for 1 minute, this is a bit of a hassle, and you never know how hard you really have to shake it.

Overall: i think that the API test kits are cheap, and not so daunting to beginners who are hesitant to blow so much money over test kits alone. However i cannot judge the accuracy of the test kits because i don't have another test kit to double check.

[inwear]

Well a basic 4 in 1 set cost around 48 -50 bucks depent where u get it from. You pay what u get