API master test kit nitrate test
- Thread starter FluffySackson
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Rigorously measured nitrate cannot exceed 10 ppm for drinking water. Boiling does nothing to the nitrate content. So what Justin is saying goes along with what Prof. Darrel is saying: that 50 ppm is likely not 50 at all when measured in the lab.
I've tested my water for nitrates on each of my tanks once or twice in the last couple years. I stay on top of maintenance and I know what works, I go overboard to keep everything in the safe zone. I probably change more water than I need but my fish Don't seem to mind.
I used to monitor nitrates constantly, before I moved we had 30ppm out of the tap.
The API drop tests work much better than strips. At work im a sanitation team lead. We are responsible for cleaning stainless equipment in a food processing facility. I have to test all the chemicals before we use them and our test kits are remarkably similar to the API aquarium kits lol. I'm no chemist but I can tell you the drop test is far more accurate than using a conductivity meter, provided that you know how to titrate well.
+1 for cleaning your test equipment with deionized water. At the very least wash em out with Tap water aftwr each use.
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I used to monitor nitrates constantly, before I moved we had 30ppm out of the tap.
The API drop tests work much better than strips. At work im a sanitation team lead. We are responsible for cleaning stainless equipment in a food processing facility. I have to test all the chemicals before we use them and our test kits are remarkably similar to the API aquarium kits lol. I'm no chemist but I can tell you the drop test is far more accurate than using a conductivity meter, provided that you know how to titrate well.
+1 for cleaning your test equipment with deionized water. At the very least wash em out with Tap water aftwr each use.
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