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• Carbon dioxide
  ...d water and then submerse it and attach it to the inside of your tank. The liquid turns either blue for too little {{CO2}}, green for the ideal amount and re [[Image:Aquili CO2 test.jpg|thumb|left|AQuili {{CO2}} tester]]
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• PH
  ...in aquarium shops. Generally [[liquid test kits]] are more accurate than [[test strips]] ones. For the serious aquarium owner there are electronic [[pH met
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• Salicylate
  '''Salicylate''' is a type of [[ammonia]] test kit which shows you the amount of free ammonia (NH3) in the water. It is ge ...to be more expensive to purchase but last a long time and are cheaper per test.
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• Beginning Fishkeeping
  #Water chemistry test kit, liquid kits are more reliable (testing for [[ammonia]],[[nitrite]],[[nitrate]],[[KH]],[ ...t is [[ammonia]], a deadly, foul smelling, very toxic form of [[nitrogen]] liquid. In the wild it is diluted in the river or pond. But in your small tank it
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• Beginner FAQ-Equipment
  ...n is a flat model that sticks to the outside of the glass. In this design, liquid crystals activate at a specific temperature, either highlighting the numeri ...s, you will not want your gravel affecting the water chemistry. As a quick test, drip an acid (e.g., vinegar) onto the gravel in question. If it foams or b
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• Beginning Fishkeeping-Practical Freshwater Chemistry
  ...w roughly 4.5 dH, you should pay special attention to your tank's pH (e.g, test weekly, until you get a feel for how stable the pH is). This is ESPECIALLY ...ly equivalent to mg/L in water. 1 unit dH equals 17.8 ppm CaCO3. Most test kits give the hardness in units of CaCO3; this means the hardness is equivalent
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• Prime
  This is a high quality liquid product that is highly respected by aquarist hobbyists throughout the World Available in different sizes bottles, 5ml of this liquid per {{L|200}} can remove 0.8 mg/L [[ammonia]], 1.2 mg/L [[chlora
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• CO2 testing
  ...k water and then submerse it and attach it to the inside of your tank. The liquid turns either '''blue''' for too little {{CO2}}, '''green''' for the ideal a ...spoils the colour (it may turn the liquid yellow). You simply replaced the liquid.
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• Test strips
  '''Test strips''' are the generic name given to aquarium products that are used to They are strips of plastic on which are embedded tiny pads impregnated with test chemicals. When exposed to water and left to stand for a minute the pads ch
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• Trace elements
  ...heir presence in the water. Whilst some test kits do exist to allow you to test for a few of the chemicals like [[iron]], [[copper]] or [[potassium]], thes ...race elements are in their tap or well water. Plus due to the inability to test (cheaply) for the presence of most of these in tap water (or in fish food),
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• Considerations in Fishless Cycling
  ...a month (~4 ¼ weeks). It also requires the use of liquid-reagent [[test kits]] with the ability to read color-based tests (colorblind people may have pr ...hard on our nitrification bacteria. We learned, very publicly, that a KH test was required along with [[ammonia]], [[nitrite]], and [[nitrate]] tests.
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• API
  ...cus, Cichlid, Planted, Marine, and Reef aquariums. API also produces Test kits, medications, and filter media for the hobbyest and enthusiast communities. *5-In-1 Test Strips
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• Abandoned Fish Tank Care
  ...the fish are looking pale and lethargic then it's definitely necessary to test your water, the #1 cause of fish illness is bad water quality.
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• Bromothymol blue
  '''Bromothymol blue''' is a chemical pH indicator liquid used in aquariums to test the pH of water or for CO2 testing by aquatists who keep planted aquariums. ...vel of 4dKH. Aquarists either make this up themselves or they purchase the liquid.
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• Aquavitro Alpha
  Available in different sizes bottles, 5ml of this liquid per {{L|300}} can remove 0.8 mg/L [[ammonia]], 1.2 mg/L [[chlora alpha like all other water conditioners will cause most test kits to read a false high nitrogen level.
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