TSN EASYSTRIPS 6IN1 TEST 25CT

Test strips are never going to be as precise as using drops for titration testing or having water tested by a lab. However using these strips to do daily tests during new tank cycling and weekly tests to check for problems is very helpful. I still do drop tests monthly and anytime a test strip results looks questionable. But drops take a long time are messy and generally overkill for basic spot checking. There are other brands that test more things but they seem to provide questionable consistency in their results. Tetra's seem to be consistent and match almost perfectly with the titration test results. As long as you keep the strips dry and free of contaminates use them up by or discard them after the expiration date and have adequate color vision to make out the subtle differences in the results then these strips do a great job. I am very happy with them.

This product does what it claims it will do, and the price is the same as in the store. I wish it were less expensive on-line, but it isn't.

Have been struggling since adding some fish. Nitrate levels a touch high and a bit of a bacteria bloom in the water column. Did a ~33% water change added tetra Aquasafe plus to the new water added it to the tank and then dosed the tank with Easybalance Plus. This morning I can see the tank is to clearing up and my nitrate is now around between 0 and 20ppm.

Easy balance plus weekly has been a wonderful product for me. Im looking to get more but the principal ingredients have changed in the product listed so I am hesitant to purchase it. With my product organic mineral salts suspended biodegradable polymers are the listed ingredients. With this product the first ingredient is water…. water …really? I called and spoke with one of your agents they are seeing a different list of ingredients than what you were showing online for this product (he saw the same as what my bottle shows) leaving me with bewildered on what to do. I am hoping to find the easy balance plus weekly maintenance 16 ounce product again because it does work fabulous.

I had the exact same problem everyone else mentions - no scale on the bottle to compare results! I called the 1800 number and got an email chart but the strip results are different to my strip! I have 6 tests the chart has 5. I was told the chart is correct - with no explanation.This is way too expensive a product to have customers try to guess answers in the middle of moving fish around. Im really disappointed with this brand!

I have been using this for a while and always thought that my tap was just acidic and if i add more of this to my tank then i wont have ph problems. Well i did a little experiment last night and all this does is drop ph and kh! How is that possible! My tap tested at a perfect 7 ph and a kh of 40. I added a single drop of easybalance plus and it results looked about the same maybe a little lighter (lower). I added a few more drops and stirred: ph 6.8 and kh 20. What? I thought buffers were supposed to raise kh! Lets exaggerate the results so i can be sure of what i am seeing. I added 10 ml of easybalance to 1 cup of tap water stirred and tested: ph read the lowest that the test could read and kh read 0. This is the opposite of what a buffer is supposed to do.

I like the idea behind this product but there needs to be a better color chart telling the consumer what needs to be done in order to adjust the levels. The reading on the back of the box only tells you what the ideal color is for the tank. How do you find out how to make the wrong color the right color ? My hardness shows purple but the back of the box shows gray. Is purple to hard or to soft is my real question. I would leave a 4-5 star if the box included explanation on how to respond to colors and what the difference between all the color variations are.

Used this product in 2 tanks & the water became cloudy almost instantly. Don't know if it was good for the fish or not. Had to partially change the water in 1 tank multable times to clear it up. Gonna wait before trying to clear up 2nd tank. Will not be using this product anymore.

I had an established 10 gallon freshwater aquarium. The only fluctuations I had were in nitrites/nitrates and those were rare. I added this to my tank with the last water change and have lost 5 fish so far and cannot stabilize my pH at all. I'm about ready to drain the tank and start over though I hate to lose the few fish and inverts I have left. I'll never use this junk again!

Brand new tank being set up. Had added the Tetra Aquasafe first left 24 hours and added the Easy Balance. Following morning water was awful.Not added anything else and wondering if the Safe Start will help??Also not the amount added as it was provided correct for the tank purchased.