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API Test Kits
API produces test kits utilizing liquid reagents or test strips for use in marine and freshwater aquariums.
- Ammonia / Nitrate / Nitrite Test Kits
Ammonia Liquid Test Kit Instructions
Ammonia Test Strips Instructions
Liquid Nitrate Test Kit Instructions
Liquid Nitrite Test Kit Instructions
Nitrate and Nitrite Test Strip Instructions - Calcium / Magnesium / Phosphate Test Kits
Calcium Liquid Test Kit Instructions
Phosphate Liquid Test Kit Instructions - Hardness Test Kits
Carbonate Hardness Liquid Test Kit Instructions
GH & KH Test Kit - pH and Alkalinity Test Kits
Liquid High Range pH Test Kit Instructions
Liquid pH Test Kit Instructions
pH Test & Adjuster Kit Instructions
pH Test Strip Instructions - Multiple Parameter Test Kits
Reef Master Test Kit (testing calcium, KH, phosphate and nitrate)
Saltwater Master Test Kit (testing high range pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate)
5 in 1 Aquarium Test Strips (testing pH, nitrite, Nitrate, general hardness and carbonate hardness) - Other Miscellaneous Test Kits
Copper Test Kit
Elos Test Kits
Elos does not provide copies for most of their test kit instructions on their website. The links posted also include a variety of outside sources and we cannot say they are the most current or accurate versions.
- Ammonia / Nitrate / Nitrite Test Kits
Aqua Test Ammonia / Ammonium Test Kit (no. CTESTNH4)
Aqua Test NO3 – Nitrate Test Kit (no. CTESTNO3)
Aqua Test NO2 – Nitrite Test Kit (no. CTESTNO2) - Calcium / Magnesium / Phosphate Test Kits
Aqua Test MG – Magnesium Test Kit (no. CTESTMG)
Aqua Test GH General Hardness (no. CTESTGH)
Aqua Test PO4 (no. CTESTPO4) or view the
PO4 Normal Resolution
Test Kit Video
Water Analysis PO4 Professional Test Kit (no. CTESTPO4H)
Aqua Test Ca – Calcium Test Kit (no. CTESTCA) - pH and Alkalinity Test Kits
Aqua KH – Alkalinity Test Kit (no. CTESTKH)
Aqua Test pH D – pH Test Kit (no. CTESTPHD for fresh water) or watch the video
Aqua Test Phm – pH Test Kit (no. CTESTPHM for marine) - Other Miscellaneous Test Kits
WaterAnalysis K – Potassium Test Kit (no. CTESTK)
Hanna Instruments Test Kits
Hanna Instruments offers a wide variety of testers, chemical test kits, and devices for measuring pH, phosphate, phosphorus, dissolved oxygen, alkalinity, and more.
- Ammonia / Nitrate / Nitrite / Test Kits
Ammonia Test Kit for Seawater (no. 3826)
Ammonia Test Kit for Freshwater (no. 3824)
Ammonia Test Kit for Freshwater (no. 38049)
Nitrate Test Kit (no. 3874)
Nitrite Test Kit (no. 3873) - Calcium / Magnesium / Phosphate Test Kits
Medium Range Test Kit (no. 3841) - Hardness Test Kits
Hardness Test Kit (no. 3812)
Total Hardness & Calcium Test Kit (no. 38035) - pH and Alkalinity Test Kits
Alkalinity Test Kit (no. 3381)
pH Test Kit (no. 38058) - Other Miscellaneous Test Kits
Copper Test Kit (no. 38075)
Free and Total Chlorine (no. 38017)
Iron Medium Range Test Kit (no. 38040)
Salinity Test Kit (no. 3835)
Lamotte Test Kits
Lammotte manufactures various lines that range from simple test kits for the hobbyist to electronic labs for the professional aquaculture manager.
- Ammonia / Nitrate / Nitrite Test Kits
Ammonia Salicylate Method Test Kit (no. 3304)
Ammonia Octa-Slide Test Kit (no. 3351-01)
Ammonia Octa-Slide Method Test Kit (no. 3315)
Low Range Ammonia Test Kit (no. 7418-02)
Nitrate Tablet Test Kit (no. 3354)
Nitrate in Water Test Kit (no. 3319)
Nitrite Test Kit (no. 7674-01)
Nitrite Octa-Slide Method Test Kit (no. 3352) - Calcium / Magnesium / Phosphate Test Kits
Total Calcium & Magnesium Test Kit (no. 4824-DR-LT)
Low Range Phosphate Test Kit (no. 3121-01) - Hardness Test Kits
Total Hardness Test Kit (no. 4481-LI-01)
Calcium Hardness Test Kit (no. 3609) - pH and Alkalinity
Alkalinity Test Kit (no. 4491-DR)
Wide Range pH Test Kit (no. 3353)
Colorimetric pH Test Kit (no. 2915-01) - Multiple Parameter Test Kits
Saltwater Combination Test Kit (no. 3535-03; testing: alkalinity,
salinity, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, pH, carbon dioxide, dissolved oxygen)
Saltwater Combination Test Kit (no. 3536-03; testing: alkalinity,
nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, carbon dioxide) - Other Miscellaneous Test Kits
Copper Test Kit (no. 6616)
Iron Octa-Slide Method Test Kit (no. 3318)
Low Iron Test Kit (no. 7787)
Dissolved Oxygen Test Kit (no. 5860)
Salinity Test Kit (no. 7459-01)
Sulfide Test Kit (no. 3322)
Red Sea Test Kits
Red Sea test kit instructions are available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, and Japanese. See the Red Sea support page for a complete list, links to English language versions as well as video versions are listed below for convenience.
- Ammonia / Nitrate / Nitrite Test Kits
Nitrate Test Kit Manual – pages 1 – 8 or watch the You Tube Video - Calcium / Magnesium / Phosphate Test Kits
Calcium Test Kit Manual – page 1-6, 8 or watch the YouTube Video
Magnesium Test Kit Manual – pages 1-7 or watch the YouTube Video
Phosphate Test
Kit Manual – pages 1 – 7, 9 or watch the YouTube Video - pH and Alkalinity Test Kits
Alkalinity Test Kit Manual – page 1-6, 9 or watch the YouTube Video - Other Miscellaneous Test Kit
Iodine Test Kit Manual - pages 6 – 7 or watch the YouTube Video
Iron Test Kit Manual- pages 7 – 8 or watch the YouTube Video
Potassium Test Kit Manual- pages 8 – 9 or watch the YouTube Video
Salifert Test Kits
Saifert does not provide copies of their test kit instructions on their website. The links posted also include a variety of outside sources and we cannot say they are the most current or accurate versions.
- Ammonia / Nitrate / Nitrite Test Kits
Ammonia Profi Test Kit
Nitrate Profi Test Kit
Nitrite Profi Test Kit - Calcium / Magnesium / Phosphate Test Kits
Calcium Test Kit
Magnesium Profi Test Kit
Phosphate Profi Test Kit - pH and Alkalinity Test Kits
KH / Alkalinity Test Kit
pH Test Kit - Other Miscellaneous Test Kits
Boron Test Kit
Copper Profi Test Kit
Iodine (I2)Test Kit
Silicate Profi Test Kit
Strontium Profi Test Kit
Dissolved Oxygen Test Kit
SeaChem Test Kits
SeaChem manufactures a
full spectrum of test kits for aquarium requirements in freshwater, seawater, reefs, and ponds.
- Ammonia / Nitrate / Nitrite Test Kits
MultiTest: Ammonia
MultiTest: Nitrite & Nitrate - Calcium / Magnesium / Phosphate Test Kits
Reef Status: Calcium
MultiTest: Phosphate
Phosphate Profi Test Kit - pH and Alkalinity Test Kits
MultiTest: Marine pH Alkalinity - Multiple Parameter Test Kits
MultiTest: Marine Basic (tests pH, Alkalinity, Ammonia and Nitrite & Nitrate)
Reef Status: Magnesium (tests Magnesium, carbonate alkalinity, borate alkalinity, total alkalinity)
MultiTest: Reef Special (tests Phosphate, Silicate, and Iodine) - Other Miscellaneous Test Kits
MultiTest: Copper
MultiTest: Iron
MultiTest: Iodine & Iodide
MultiTest: Silicate
Reef Status: Strontium
Sera Test Kits
Sera is a German base company manufacturing a range of test kits for aquarium requirements in freshwater, seawater, reefs, and ponds. They offer instructions in nearly dozen languages
- Ammonia / Nitrate / Nitrite Test Kits
Ammonia / Ammonium Test Kit
Nitrate Test Kit
Nitrite Test Kit - Calcium / Magnesium / Phosphate Test Kits
Calcium Test Kit
Magnesium Test Kits
Phosphate Test Kits - Hardness Test Kits
KH Test Kit
gH Total Hardness Test Kit - pH and Alkalinity Test Kits
pH Test Kit - Multiple Parameter Test Kits
Marine Aqua-Test Box (tests for pH, carbonate hardness, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, iron, copper, calcium)
Quick Test Strips (tests for pH, carbonate hardness, total hardness, nitrate, nitrite) - Other Miscellaneous Test Kit
CO2 Test Kit
Chlorine Test Kit
Oxygen Test Kit
Silicate Test Kit
Tropic Marin Test Kits
Tropic Marin does not provide copies of their test kit instructions on their website. The links posted include a variety of outside sources and we cannot say they are the most current or accurate versions.
- Calcium / Magnesium / Phosphate Test Kits
Calcium Test Kit