I loved the strips too, and they worked great and were checked periodically to see if they were still accurate. That was fine until I lost nearly a tank of fish due to some rotting plants, and after pwc and scooping the dead dying plants out after they melted, test strip said it was fine and I thought the filter had been doing a good job. bUt the test strips had one bad test square and it didn't register the toxic water and for that day and the next went about my workdays and the return home found a tank of almost all fish dead. New very expensive Vampire shrimp and, granted I had very much less experience than I do now with inverts, but after checking the tank with the strip I felt it had to be wrong and with the actual liquid test the toxic amount was off the chart.
Therefore as much as I want to I can never use them in good conscience for my tanks as an actual gauge of water quality. Just my 2 cents. And the test strips were newer, and always opened and immediately (literally after each strip was removed, not after testing all tanks) sealed back tightly to prevent moisture and keep light out.
Speaking of problems...
After seemingly okay transition, found the angelfish with a cloudy eye today. Will be doing tests with liquid test kit
She 3 SW tanks I had been considering sold. Found 2 additional possibilities. Neighbor was selling a 15 or 20L for $5. Thinking of maybe going over and get it. LOL, only half kidding.
Planning on getting to 1 FX-5 clean out tomorrow if there isn't chlorine stinky water.
Putting in a new online food order tomorrow too.
The moon must have been aligned in some special way with the stars the day before, as the pond fish actually came up to eat and were just swimming around like normal pond fish and not hiding (hardly at all, at least most of them were somewhat sociable).
Therefore as much as I want to I can never use them in good conscience for my tanks as an actual gauge of water quality. Just my 2 cents. And the test strips were newer, and always opened and immediately (literally after each strip was removed, not after testing all tanks) sealed back tightly to prevent moisture and keep light out.
Speaking of problems...
After seemingly okay transition, found the angelfish with a cloudy eye today. Will be doing tests with liquid test kit
She 3 SW tanks I had been considering sold. Found 2 additional possibilities. Neighbor was selling a 15 or 20L for $5. Thinking of maybe going over and get it. LOL, only half kidding.
Planning on getting to 1 FX-5 clean out tomorrow if there isn't chlorine stinky water.
Putting in a new online food order tomorrow too.
The moon must have been aligned in some special way with the stars the day before, as the pond fish actually came up to eat and were just swimming around like normal pond fish and not hiding (hardly at all, at least most of them were somewhat sociable).