Yeah, i'm being a little lazy and not searching page after page looking for other posts regarding this question.

I'm just curious what others out there in this club consider a reliable test kit.

In the past I've been told salifert (http://www.salifert.com/) was the product of preference. Yesterday I was visiting a couple San Antonio based fish stores & one of the clerks pointed to an "API" test kit he had on the shelf and claimed most people preferred it.

Then i saw the squeeze bottle within it's packaging and remember the old fresh water days and cringed a little bit.

So i ask boldly - what test kits for the following would everyone recommend:

Nitrate
phosphate
alkalinity
calcium
magnesium
pH


any others that yall would recommend?