testing nitrate in Brackish

mark.

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do you use a salt water test kit for testing nitrate in brackish water my kit has one for fresh and one for salt im raising it up to 1.015. in going fw to brackish, im using Instant ocean and when i do a water change i find that the water is now yellow,is this normal thx.
 

cbfreder

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Do you have driftwood in your tank? The extra salt can make your driftwood leech extra tannins that the freshwater didn't catch.

Brandon
 
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