are the test kits i have for my tank ok to use to test the pond water? i have the liquid test tube ones by the way!

Yeah, Jamoko, they do just fine....

cheers for that...i guess the ones that are sold as pond test kits are just the manufacture's trying to get us to spend more money

I think they're the same thing, aren' they?

LOL Yes, they are the same except the pond master test kit also has a salt kit. But that is really the only difference. Oh, and different packaging.