OK TO USE API TESTING LIQUID AND OTHER STUFF

[THE REEF WHISPER]

4 YEARS STRONG – 13.5 GAL FLUVAL EVO
I’m deep in high school and the tank is still 100 % alive and growing.

REALLY WAS WONDERING ID THE API TESTING LIQUID KIT THE SALT WATER AND THE MASTER REEF KIT OK TO USE I HAVE BEEN USING IT FOR THE DAY I STARTED MY TANK 4 YEARS AGO

CURRENT LINEUP

8" Long Tentacle Anemone (getting rehomed soon)

Two Rainbow Bubble Tips (3–4")

One clownfish that never leaves them

24K Gold Torch (2 heads)

Green splatter/purple-tip Hammer (3 heads)

Rainbow Hammer

Duncan frag (one head)

Small leather coral

6 mushrooms

4 zoa frags

One extra random LPS

All running under a single $99 65 W Nicrew light.
Parameters right now (API)
Ammonia 0 · Nitrite 0 · Nitrate 5 ppm (after 20+ days no water change) · Phosphate 0
No GFO or Chemi-Pure anymore – the 4-year-old rock, sand, and coral load keep it locked in. Light brown diatom dust on the sand shows up when I slack on feeding, disappears the second I feed the nems.

Most people quit nanos in the first year… I’m still proving a 13-gallon can be a legit reef.
High school schedule is crazy, but the tank still gets love. Upgrade coming one day… or I’ll just keep pushing the Evo limits THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING ME

 

[ColorMeGone]

I don't trust API test kits and I Luv my nano and will never stop luving it.. lol

 

[THE REEF WHISPER]

Have you ever used them

 

[TheNative192]

API test kits are great as a backup although they are just not as precise. They are also a lot quicker to do. I do not completely knock them off like some do although if you have a large tank a master Hannah is worth it for precision.

 

[THE REEF WHISPER]

Ya I have a little 13 gallon

 

[THE REEF WHISPER]

Thank you

 

[JTP424]

API are good for starting a tank as well as back up as noted before. If you're getting into some of the higher price livestock I feel it's more beneficial to investigate some better testing kits based on what you're trying to do.