Running as cheap as possible and reef aquariums don't really go together. If you plan on running a calcium reactor...you will need a Ca test kit as well.
You should really just bite the bullet and buy a nitrate, amonia, calcium, PH and an alkalinity test kit. In a new tank, you really need to check the parameters daily. you will be "borrowing" test kits an awful lot.
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