Hello; try the nitrate test again and shake the poo out of it. Also test some distilled water which should be neutral on pH and 0 on other stuff.
unusual behaviour?
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here is the second test of the nitrate, still pretty high but not great
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You need to put the correct amount of water in the test vials before adding the reagents otherwise your results will be way off.
The test for ammonia had too much water in it and the last one for nitrate did not have enough water in it.
Be sure to shake the reagent bottles according to the instructions before dispensing the drops into the vials and follow the wait time before reading the results.
The test for ammonia had too much water in it and the last one for nitrate did not have enough water in it.
Be sure to shake the reagent bottles according to the instructions before dispensing the drops into the vials and follow the wait time before reading the results.
Well, it looks like you are making progress. I'm sure you didn't expect all this when you first set the tank up!
i didnt expect anything like this at all! i was told last minute that tropical are the easiest to look after, although i had gone to get goldfish! i think he was trying to sell more fish :/ but i had no idea about all these water levels and everything - i knew about conditioners and some problems that could occur but i had never researched tropical fish at all and i was (still am) very unprepared :/ but i guess it’s a case of trial and error.
