***Great. That's the test I use. The price's ok. Try using a vial with your tap water to compare colors - works much better than the chart colors. Do the same procedure to the tap water as you do to the tank water, all at the same time. Read fresh, after 2-3 min. The tests do not keep, moreover stain the glass, so discard and rinse out well right away.
Ph at 7
*** good
ammonia at 0
***good
nitrite at .25
***not horrible but not good either - this means your tank's not cycled and the bacteria are still building. Nitrite acts by blocking hemoglobin in fish's blood, which suffocates fish. I'd gradually add about 0.5-1 teaspoon of salt per gallon until it disappears. Sodium chloride detoxifies nitrite by competing with nitrite absorption at the gills.
nitrate at 20-40. Can't really tell for the last one it's in between the 2 colors.
***a bit high-ish, no biggie but better keep at below 10 ppm.
Nitrite and ammonia are a little high but I'll take care of that with a water change.
*** ammonia? you mean nitrate? as for nitrite, you can't take it out with wc well, better do the salt thing.
... Considering making a bio scrubber.
***What's that?
Ph at 7
*** good
ammonia at 0
***good
nitrite at .25
***not horrible but not good either - this means your tank's not cycled and the bacteria are still building. Nitrite acts by blocking hemoglobin in fish's blood, which suffocates fish. I'd gradually add about 0.5-1 teaspoon of salt per gallon until it disappears. Sodium chloride detoxifies nitrite by competing with nitrite absorption at the gills.
nitrate at 20-40. Can't really tell for the last one it's in between the 2 colors.
***a bit high-ish, no biggie but better keep at below 10 ppm.
Nitrite and ammonia are a little high but I'll take care of that with a water change.
*** ammonia? you mean nitrate? as for nitrite, you can't take it out with wc well, better do the salt thing.
... Considering making a bio scrubber.
***What's that?
