you can get the
API master
test kit from drs. foster & smith for $16 and pay 10 for shipping but you also can use a five dollar cupon. these cupons all all over the web and if you subscibe to there magazine ( free ) you get the codes without looking it up on internet.
subscribe on there website.
this is a total cost of $21 for 4 different test.
pH AMONIA
nitrite nitrate. all must have test. if you were to buy this test kit at a
LFS it is around 35.
you can also buy extra testkits... like akalinaty if needed for no extra shipping.
these are drops which are a ton more acurate than the strips.