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Collection: Controllers & Testing

Test kits, checkers, monitors, and controllers for freshwater and reef aquariums — from single-parameter reagent kits to full tank automation. A reagent kit answers one question once; a controller keeps answering it.

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API Freshwater Master Test Kit

API Freshwater Master Test Kit

Regular price $47.15
Sale price $47.15 Regular price
API Ammonia Test Kit

API Ammonia Test Kit

Regular price $20.80
Sale price $20.80 Regular price
API GH/KH Freshwater Test Kit

API GH/KH Freshwater Test Kit

Regular price $15.60
Sale price $15.60 Regular price
API Calcium Test Kit

API Calcium Test Kit

Regular price $16.75
Sale price $16.75 Regular price
API Nitrate Test Kit

API Nitrate Test Kit

Regular price $18.20
Sale price $18.20 Regular price
API 5-in-1 Test Strips

API 5-in-1 Test Strips

Regular price $20.30
Sale price $20.30 Regular price
API Alkalinity (KH) Test Kit

API Alkalinity (KH) Test Kit

Regular price $10.85
Sale price $10.85 Regular price
API Saltwater Master Test Kit

API Saltwater Master Test Kit

Regular price $47.15
Sale price $47.15 Regular price
API Phosphate Test Kit

API Phosphate Test Kit

Regular price $19.65
Sale price $19.65 Regular price
API Reef Master Test Kit

API Reef Master Test Kit

Regular price $55.40
Sale price $55.40 Regular price
API Low Range pH (Freshwater) Test Kit

API Low Range pH (Freshwater) Test Kit

Regular price $9.70
Sale price $9.70 Regular price
API Nitrite Test Kit

API Nitrite Test Kit

Regular price $14.75
Sale price $14.75 Regular price
API High Range pH (Marine) Test Kit

API High Range pH (Marine) Test Kit

Regular price $10.60
Sale price $10.60 Regular price
API Ammonia Test Strips

API Ammonia Test Strips

Regular price $22.45
Sale price $22.45 Regular price

From a Test Kit to a Full Controller

Keeping stable water starts with knowing your numbers. Where you land on that spectrum depends on how demanding your livestock is and how much you want automated. We carry testing and control gear from Hanna, Salifert, API, Neptune, Pinpoint, Milwaukee, and Red Sea.

Match the Tool to the Tank

  • Reagent test kits — Salifert and API titration kits for periodic manual checks.
  • Digital checkers — Hanna colorimeters for repeatable calcium, alkalinity, phosphate, and nitrate readings.
  • Meters & probes — pH, salinity, and temperature monitors with calibration solutions.
  • Controllers — Neptune Apex systems that log parameters and switch equipment automatically.

A freshwater community tank runs fine on a master kit and a thermometer. A mixed reef under heavy dosing benefits from checkers and a controller that can catch a heater or return-pump failure before it costs livestock. Not sure where you sit? Email info@jlaquatics.com. J&L has outfitted Canadian aquarists since 1997.

J&L Aquatics was formed in December 1997

Our business was started from our love of the aquarium hobby. We at J&L Aquatics felt that the Canadian aquarist should have the option to purchase top quality supplies, equipment and livestock other than the generally over priced local retail stores.