To keep track of water quality, which is the absolute UNDERPINNING of fish health, you need to test the water and some of you may have noticed that there are test kits that cost literally HUNDREDS of dollars. (The Hach Kit – Sweet!)
Do you really need that? What kind of kits do you really need?
Water Testing: How and With What Kit
It’s pretty simple, really. If you have Ammonia levels in the water it’s a problem. If the pH is a point below neutral, there’s a problem. A full point above neutral is just okay. You get the idea there that a “range” within a half a point accuracy is entirely fine.
A “range” within a half a point accuracy is entirely fine.
Here’s a video about Water Testing: How and With What Kit – in which I tell you about the different kits and home-in on the best one, the one that I use all the time.