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WATER TESTING & MAINTENANCE

Water Testing & Maintenance

Ammonia and nitrite are toxic at concentrations far below anything a human can taste or see. pH swings kill shrimp overnight. Nitrate accumulates silently. A test kit turns all of that into a number you can act on — and a maintenance routine stops the number moving in the first place.

Unplug before servicingHands out of the water firstDrip loop on every cableTest before you dose30 ppm CO₂ ceilingCycle before stocking

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pH Test Kit

Liquid indicator or probe that measures acidity — and the swing matters more than the value.

Maintaining stage
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GH / KH Test Kit

Measures general and carbonate hardness — the numbers that decide which species you can keep.

Maintaining stage
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Nitrate Test Kit

Reads the end product of the nitrogen cycle, and the number that sets your water-change schedule.

Maintaining stage
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Water Changer

Gravel-vacuum hose system that drains and refills without buckets.

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Algae Scraper

Blade or pad on a handle — the tool that decides whether glass stays clear or gets scratched.

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Tanks & Filtration

The glass, the water volume and the machinery that moves it. Filtration choice sets the ceiling on how heavily a tank can be stocked and how forgiving it will be when something goes wrong.

6 tools

Lighting & CO₂

Light is the accelerator pedal and CO₂ is the fuel. Get them out of balance and you grow algae instead of plants — the single most common failure in a planted tank.

6 tools

Substrate & Hardscape

The base layer and the rocks and wood above it. Substrate decides what roots can do and what the water chemistry does in the first six months.

5 tools

Aquatic Plants & Livestock

The organisms themselves — their light and CO₂ demand, growth rate, adult size and temperament, and who can live with whom.

6 tools