API POND 5 IN 1 POND TEST STRIPS Pond Water Test Strips 25-Count

These API POND 5 in 1 test strips make monitoring my pond’s water quality so simple and quick. They’re easy to use and give accurate readings for important factors like pH, nitrites, and alkalinity. I appreciate having all five tests in one strip — it saves time and helps me keep my fish healthy. The strips come with clear instructions and color charts, making it beginner-friendly. Highly recommend for any pond or fish tank owner who wants an easy way to keep water safe!

That's one chemistry that makes you a better living. Liquid tests are always more precise than strips and, when it comes to pH, probes. However, I always found it a hassle to have to run two pH tests with standard API master kit, as they have separate reagents for low and high pH. This one gives great color scale from 5.0 to 9.0, only 5 drops, and has a very reasonable price. I haven't used my pH probe in months now.

needed for koi pond. Simple to use and easy to read. Box comes with directions and examples of proper water levels.

Comes with a bottle of chemical,a capped glass test-tube and a wide range pH color card. Pour 5 ml of water sample into the marked test-tube, add five drops of chemical, cap and mix, then compare it to the color chart. The card has scales/colors of 5.0(orange/red), 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, 7.5, 8.0, 9.0(blue) easy to tell the pH difference unless you are colorblind. I have added the acetic acid and sodium bicarbonate to water samples and observed the color changes, so I know this thing work. Also, I have tested it with water samples with known pH, the accuracy is pretty good. The only downside is it doesn't come with an expiration date. For an amateur aquarist like me, this is the startup kit.

We added an outdoor pond and three goldfish. We checked the pH levels weekly, and these test strips work perfectly.

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I have struggled finding a convenient and reliable pH testing method. The API Low Range and High Range for freshwater aquarium are too inconclusive between 7 and 8 which drives me crazy (plus you have to make 2 tests) and pH pens are unreliable in my experience and you have to recalibrate them all the time. Test strips are useless (I tried several of the best rated brands on Amazon). I felt upon this test and decided to give a try. It is marketed as pond product but works very well for freshwater fish tanks too in my opinion. The color reading is scaled at a 0.5 point increments which is higher than for the low range and high range API kits, but I don't need 0.2 point precision on pH. I do need though to know for exemple if the pH of my tanks is under or over 7.5 has this is the upper comfort zone limit of some of the fish and shrimps I keep, which was impossible to do with the other kits, plus you only need one test. Simplified my fish keeping hobby and gives me peace of mind.

These are easy to use, but I was disappointed with quality control. I got 22 strips, not 25, and one of them was cut so there was barely anything to hang onto while dipping.