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| Please let me know what you guys thinks about this as a new product. Aquarium Starter Kit -- would consist of: 1) Water conditioner/dechlorinator, etc. 2) Bacteria etc. to start the Nitrogen Cycle -- would populate with bacteria in a day or two, 3) 6 ammonia test strips and 6 5-way test strips (pH, Hardness, Alkalinity, nitrite and nitrate). The idea of the kit is for folks starting new tanks to have what they need to get the Nitrogen Cycle established in the tank. The target sell price for the kit would be between $6 and $9. Hopefully this kit would help to avoid New Tank Syndrome, and get new hobbyists into the habit of testing their water. What do you think? Thanks for taking the time to give me your input.
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This is a pretty nice kit... I don't see anything left out.
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I think it's perfect. Not so much stuff and information that they are put off, but enough to hopefully get a tank started without too much trouble, and enough to let them know there is more to it than just adding water and fish.
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i like it but you should maybe add an info sheet telling people why they need the things in it and what it is used for.
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| Yes -- the info sheet and instructions will be simple, but hopefully cover the basic of the Nitrogen Cycle, and the simple water chemistry of a fish tank. It continues to amaze me that folks can handle the testing for a swimming pool, but doing the same for an aquarium is too difficult. Thanks for the input.
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I view this kit as being a very good thing for beginners. And the price is just right. With the contraversy between test strips and liquid tests, though, would it be possible for the manufactures to make a half-size line of the liquid test kits just for the beginner kit that you describe? I realize that this may not be feasible do to with the manufacturing costs now a days and it would probably cause the price to be higher than the beginner might want to pay. OR maybe make both kinds available to the consumer?? Test strips will be better than not testing at all though and can only certainly help provide the beginner with the right tools. GREAT THINKING!!! Hope I see it on the store shelves soon!!
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