Water Quality

The water quality steps are:

1. Evaluate site by observation
2. Capture and identify algae and insects
3. pH, ammonia, temperature, dissolved oxygen, nitrite, and nitrate tests
4. Run a panel of chemical tests (definitive tests, most expensive)

The reason for doing these steps in this particular order is by doing it least to most expensive. If you can figure out the problem early on then you can skip the most expensive tests.