Water Test Kits

A product review of the SeaChem MultiTest Reef Status Series Test Kits.

Here are before you buy tips from your About Guides on what to look for and consider when deciding on whether to buy dry powder and tablet, or liquid solution reagent test kits.

Read product reviews and compare prices on basic saltwater aquarium and reef tank test kit brand name lines your About Guides consider to be the best of the best, in order of perference from 1 to 10.

By Aquarium Pharmaceuticals, these dry tablet reagent test kits are a top choice of many aquarists that maintain a fish-only or FOWLR system, but are also favorable amongst reef keepers as well.

One of the most popular brand name lines chosen by aquarists, this dry powder chemical reagent test kit line by Aquarium Systems includes all the standard tests needed for testing the basic water perameters in any aquarium.

This line of test kits by the Rolf C. Hagen Corp. have simple to use liquid solutions and a full line of both basic saltwater and reef testing kits available to choose from. They are said to be easy to use and fairly accurate, but some may find it hard to read the color comparisons.

With all the standard water tests available, this line from Novalek seems to be overlooked by many aquarists, but can be considered comparable in almost every way with Aquarium Systems' test kits.

Just as popular with aquarists as the Dry-Tab® line, these test kits by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals uses liquid solution testing reagents.

There are mixed reports on these test kits by Red Sea, from being great in all aspects, to the total opposite of being of poor quality and notoriously inaccurate. So are they a good choice, or bad?

Both the MultiTest and Reef Status Series test kits by Sea Chem are a little more complex to use, and are not recommended for the beginner. However, if you are looking for advanced, well precisioned water tests, these may be for you.

Made in Holland, Salifert Test Kits are said to be a little more complex and costly to use than other brands. However, they are touted by many aquarists, particularly reef keepers, as being the best choice on the market because of the wide range of both basic and reef water tests available, and their precisioned accuracy.

Used in conjunction with the fasTesT® Saltwater Test Kits, here is Aquarium Systems popular reef test kit line.

This line of liquid solution reagent test kits by Tetra are simple to use, said to provide accurate readings, and the contrasting and differing color comparisons make them extremely easy to to read.