Best Testing kits?

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  1. salt4me

    salt4me Skunk Shrimp

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    What does everyone use and consider to be the best brand of testing kits? Salifert, Tropic marin, Sera, Lamotte, Seachem, Elos,Red Sea, or API ?
     
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  2. johntekin

    johntekin Fire Worm

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    Salifert is the best value for the money IMO
     
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  3. Peredhil

    Peredhil Giant Squid

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    API is best bang for the buck.

    Salifert is the easiest to use IME.

    I prefer Salifert.
     
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  4. aquariaman

    aquariaman Pajama Cardinal

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    API in my opinion!!
     
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  5. inwall75

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    The other ones, I've not used enough make any comments
     
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  6. AZDesertRat

    AZDesertRat Giant Squid

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    After the initial cycle where API is OK its Salifert hands down.
     
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  7. xmetalfan99

    xmetalfan99 Giant Squid

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    I use API. I can't see myself spending $20 on a kit.
     
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  8. AZDesertRat

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    Wait until you have several thousand $$ in corals and inhabitants, a $20 kit is nothing.
     
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  9. offensetaken

    offensetaken Montipora Digitata

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    I like Salifert for cal, and Mag. I use API and Red Sea for the others. I will be getting the Hanna checkers for ALK and Cal to see how I like them.
     
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  10. GuitarMan89

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    I started using API, I felt they were reasonably accurate, although without a known number or kit that you know to be accurate it is hard to evaluate the accuracy of a test kit. API tests kits are also fairly inexpensive. I have since started to use Salifert for Ca, Mg and phosphate, but still use API for Alk and the standard tests.
     
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