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Hello - I just bought a test kit... Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Freshwater Master Test Kit from PetCo.

I am not sure if this would be a good one for my axolotl tank - Can anyone help me? If this is not good, which one should I get?

Thanks,
 

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Yeah that kit is absolutely fine.
Really you only need to test 4 parameters with Axolotls.

Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate which is part of the nitrogen cycle and shows how your Axies waste is broken down.

pH aswell, but to be fair I doubt anyone has major problems with this unless their adding vinegar or limestone to their tank.
 
Thanks - I will keep it then. :D

jacksonuk said:
Yeah that kit is absolutely fine.
Really you only need to test 4 parameters with Axolotls.

Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate which is part of the nitrogen cycle and shows how your Axies waste is broken down.

pH aswell, but to be fair I doubt anyone has major problems with this unless their adding vinegar or limestone to their tank.
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Good deal, Ulysses! I paid 100 euros for mine. :eek:

-Eva
 
lol I get mine at walmart for less than $5 testing 6 different things in one. It does the trick just fine for me.
 
The dip-stick type tests are notoriously inaccurate and expire fairly quickly.
 
Is there a test kit out there that would give you an accurate numerical result? Because I hate looking at the color and the the pallet... prone to a lot of errors!

Which one do you use?
 
Our water test kit was showing we had ammonia when we didn't, so before you test your axolotl water, test normal water and if that comes up showing it has ammonia, then it's faulty.
 
chelsbels said:
Our water test kit was showing we had ammonia when we didn't, so before you test your axolotl water, test normal water and if that comes up showing it has ammonia, then it's faulty.
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That's not true! Some councils add ammonia to the tap water, just like they add chlorine to make it 'cleaner'.
 
chelsbels said:
Our water test kit was showing we had ammonia when we didn't, so before you test your axolotl water, test normal water and if that comes up showing it has ammonia, then it's faulty.
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It's only natural that you should get a positive result for ammonia in your tap water, because the water utility would have added ammonia to water that contains free chlorine. A reaction of this nature forms what we know as chloramine.

If you treat the tap water with a conditioner that removes both chlorine and chloramine, and then test the water again, you may very well get another reading for ammonia. The reason for this is because most ammonia test kits also detect ammonium.

Jay.
 
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