Strip Vs Liquid Tests

Doing weekly water tests in your fish tank is imperative to your fish's health. The most important levels you need to test are: Nitrite and Nitrate levels, Ammonia levels, PH levels and Oxygen levels. There are many different views on which one is best, strip or liquid tests. I have used both and I personally prefer liquid tests. In this post I will be listing the pros and cons of each.

Strip Tests

Pros

1. Quick and Easy

2. Little mess

3. Stored away easily

4. Cheap

Cons

1. Not 100% accurate

2. Gets wet easily when you don't want them to

3. Colour on strip doesn't always match colour on chart

4. Colours can bleed into one another

5. Have to buy ammonia tests separately

Liquid Tests

Pros

1. More accurate

2. Colours of liquid matches chart more

3. Testing water directly

4. All tests can be bought in one pack

Cons

1. More time consuming

2. Can be more messy

3. Expensive

From the pros and cons list, it is clear to see the pros out-weights the cons for the liquid tests.