aeolussalukis

Do the saltwater testing kits work in freshwater aquariums? Do they have the same parameters?

Thanks
Dawn

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Dawn ~ Milwaukee, WI
92 Gallon Reef
35 Gallon Hex FW

fishobsessed

I use my FWT kit for my SWT,but the Ammonia color chart is different & can be confusing,Nitrate is the same,PH u would hafto use the higher PH color chart.

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65 gal freshwater tank
uv sterilizer
fluval 304 pump filter
2 aereators
heater
gouramis,rainbow,loaches,silverdollars
angelfish,Parrot cichlids,algea eaters,barbs,2,real plants
rest fake.
30 gal saltwater tank
5- 4 striped damsel fish
2 Crabs
5 live rocks
fluval 205
2 aquaclear pumps 30
heater@ 80*
protein skimmer sea clone 100
Uv Sterilizer
30 inch twin tube w/ marine glo- 20 watts
10 gal hospital fwt. rock
whisper hang on filter
heater@80*

fishobsessed

Im sorry in your case u would use the lower PH card.

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65 gal freshwater tank
uv sterilizer
fluval 304 pump filter
2 aereators
heater
gouramis,rainbow,loaches,silverdollars
angelfish,Parrot cichlids,algea eaters,barbs,2,real plants
rest fake.
30 gal saltwater tank
5- 4 striped damsel fish
2 Crabs
5 live rocks
fluval 205
2 aquaclear pumps 30
heater@ 80*
protein skimmer sea clone 100
Uv Sterilizer
30 inch twin tube w/ marine glo- 20 watts
10 gal hospital fwt. rock
whisper hang on filter
heater@80*

Tommy Gun

I agree.... I have a master test kit for my salty tank...hagen/nutrafin brand, which is different than yours I know....which comes with color charts for both fresh and saltwater. You may be able to download some color charts for your specific test kit...or order them if you have to. The pH is the same(possibly low range depending on what your tap water is...which mine is in the low range pH and you have similar if not exactly the same water as I do) as well as the Gh and Kh tests...usually. I am sure there may be some differences depending on brands or I would at least not want to make the assumption that every test kit would be the same.

mcktheknf

API has a "Master Freshwater" and a "Master Saltwater" test kit. Looking into the wrapped boxes, the only difference I see, is that the Freshwater kit has one extra bottle for testing the higher pH used for saltwater.
From what I can tell, they both look like the same exact bottles in each kit.
I personally use the Master Freshwater kit for testing Fresh and Saltwater and the only thing I don't care for is that the ammonia seems to be a little bit off when I'm at 0. I've tested with one other kit and when the ammonia was at 0, it read high also?