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product_id: 1780642
title: "5-in-1 Test Strips Freshwater and Saltwater Aquarium Test Strips 25-Count Box"
brand: "api"
price: "R480"
currency: ZAR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 12
category: "Api"
url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/1780642-5-in-1-test-strips-freshwater-and-saltwater-aquarium-test
store_origin: ZA
region: South Africa
---

# fresh & saltwater compatible 5-in-1 multi-parameter test fast, easy dip & read 5-in-1 Test Strips Freshwater and Saltwater Aquarium Test Strips 25-Count Box

**Brand:** api
**Price:** R480
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🐠 Dive into flawless water care—because your fish deserve the best!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** 5-in-1 Test Strips Freshwater and Saltwater Aquarium Test Strips 25-Count Box by api
- **How much does it cost?** R480 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/1780642-5-in-1-test-strips-freshwater-and-saltwater-aquarium-test)

## Best For

- api enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted api brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Universal Aquarium Use:** Perfectly calibrated for both freshwater and saltwater tanks—no fish left behind.
- • **Trusted Legacy of Quality:** Backed by 50+ years of API innovation, ensuring reliable care for your aquatic ecosystem.
- • **Comprehensive 5-in-1 Testing:** Monitor pH, nitrite, nitrate, carbonate, and hardness in one quick dip.
- • **Effortless Weekly Monitoring:** Stay ahead of water quality issues with simple, routine testing that fits your busy lifestyle.
- • **Instant Results, Zero Guesswork:** Color-coded strips deliver fast, accurate readings to prevent costly fish loss.

## Overview

API 5-in-1 Test Strips provide a quick, reliable way to measure five critical water parameters—pH, nitrite, nitrate, carbonate, and general hardness—in both freshwater and saltwater aquariums. Designed for easy weekly use, these strips help prevent invisible water problems that can harm fish health, supporting a thriving aquatic environment with minimal effort.

## Description

Keep your fish healthy and thriving by testing your aquarium water regularly with easy-to-use API 5-in-1 TEST STRIPS. API 5-in-1 TEST STRIPS for freshwater and saltwater aquarium help fish owners measure levels of Nitrite, Nitrate, Carbonate & General Hardness, and pH found in aquarium water. In order for fish to thrive, water must be similar to that which could be found in their natural environment. Poor water quality can cause fish stress, illness and even death. Just dip a strip directly into your aquarium and use the color-coded chart to determine if your water is safe, or if adjustments are needed. Then follow the recommendations to treat the water – it’s that simple. With API Aquarium products, it’s easy to keep a beautiful saltwater, freshwater or reef aquarium. For over 50 years, API has been creating innovative, research-driven solutions that make it easier to care for your fish and aquarium. API Aquarium Treatment Supplies are designed to work in conjunction with each other to provide best results to control algae, promote healthy bacterial growth and help control and cure fish diseases and conditions such as ich and fin rot. They work to provide a safe, hospitable environment for fish such as tropical community fish, cichlids, goldfish and more. With API, you can spend more time admiring your fish, and less time scrubbing your tank. Make sure to use all products as directed in order to ensure the best results.

Review: Super easy water monitoring! - It's definitely important to keep an eye on your fish's health by monitoring them closely, but it can be a little difficult to gauge the water quality just from their behavior alone. Often times when fish start acting strange, it can be too late. That's why these water test strips are so invaluable! You just stick them in the water, swish them twice, and then take them out with the water still on them. Then you can check your water quality by following the color guide on the bottle. The instructions are super easy to understand, and the test strips match the color swatches on the bottle without much deviation so it's easy to read your water conditions. The strips are plastic with little patches on them, so you don't have to worry about them disintegrating while you read them either. (They're durable. Are you happy desertcart suggestions? It just can't read between the lines...) One thing to note is that these strips don't test for ammonia levels in the water, which is a super important thing to monitor too. A little disappointing, but easily fixed by buying a separate ammonia test kit. They aren't quite as reliable as liquid tests, but overall a very useful and easy way to make sure your fish stay happy and healthy!
Review: Don’t waste your time or money. - Shipping was fast, easy to use, and quality is good for what they are, although the accuracy was not. The strips wouldn’t read at all, it was as if there was plastic on top of the squares where you’re supposed to test the levels. Every time you’d dip the strip, nothing would happen. If they worked as they were meant to I’d have been happy, but the case is they just didn’t. I don’t recommend, won’t purchase again, and advise you to save yourself the trouble and buy the freshwater fish tank test kit.

## Features

- Contains one (1) API 5-IN-1 TEST STRIPS Freshwater and Saltwater Aquarium Test Strips 25-Count Box
- Monitors levels of pH, nitrite, nitrate carbonate and general water hardness in freshwater and saltwater aquariums
- Dip test strips into aquarium water and check colors for fast and accurate results
- Helps prevent invisible water problems that can be harmful to fish and cause fish loss
- Use for weekly monitoring and when water or fish problems appear

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B000HHOAIY |
| Best Sellers Rank | #4,023 in Pet Supplies ( See Top 100 in Pet Supplies ) #5 in Aquarium Test Kits |
| Date First Available | October 15, 2006 |
| Department | mens |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 1.6 ounces |
| Item model number | 33G |
| Manufacturer | Mars Fishcare |
| Product Dimensions | 3.5 x 1.75 x 6.5 inches |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** API
- **Manufacturer:** Mars Fishcare
- **Recommended Uses For Product:** Freshwater and Saltwater
- **UPC:** 317163070338
- **Unit Count:** 25.0 Count

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size, Style** options.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Super easy water monitoring!
*by C***. on September 1, 2025*

It's definitely important to keep an eye on your fish's health by monitoring them closely, but it can be a little difficult to gauge the water quality just from their behavior alone. Often times when fish start acting strange, it can be too late. That's why these water test strips are so invaluable! You just stick them in the water, swish them twice, and then take them out with the water still on them. Then you can check your water quality by following the color guide on the bottle. The instructions are super easy to understand, and the test strips match the color swatches on the bottle without much deviation so it's easy to read your water conditions. The strips are plastic with little patches on them, so you don't have to worry about them disintegrating while you read them either. (They're durable. Are you happy Amazon suggestions? It just can't read between the lines...) One thing to note is that these strips don't test for ammonia levels in the water, which is a super important thing to monitor too. A little disappointing, but easily fixed by buying a separate ammonia test kit. They aren't quite as reliable as liquid tests, but overall a very useful and easy way to make sure your fish stay happy and healthy!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Don’t waste your time or money.
*by D***N on July 17, 2025*

Shipping was fast, easy to use, and quality is good for what they are, although the accuracy was not. The strips wouldn’t read at all, it was as if there was plastic on top of the squares where you’re supposed to test the levels. Every time you’d dip the strip, nothing would happen. If they worked as they were meant to I’d have been happy, but the case is they just didn’t. I don’t recommend, won’t purchase again, and advise you to save yourself the trouble and buy the freshwater fish tank test kit.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Funciona correctamente si se siguen las intrusiones
*by A***A on December 24, 2025*

Excelente producto

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*Last updated: 2026-03-08*