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    ridiculously high nitrate levels

    ooh, I am really sorry, mis read the card info - its an ammonia testing kit! feel so stupid now, however the problem still remains... the other kit has just completed and the reading on that is normal!! You were right dodgy kit - though I don't see how it could have gone 'bad' so quickly...
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    ridiculously high nitrate levels

    thanks, i have another kit, I will try it now. The kit goes from pale green (0mg/i) to dark turquoise (5.0 mg/l) the test result keeps coming back at a very very dark blue - off the scale, but well over the 5.0 mg/l. As the fish all seem happy I think you are right - although the kit has...
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    ridiculously high nitrate levels

    I have had my tank a while however have just swapped from mainly goldfish to tropical. Have always had a heater and light and always tested my water. This week I have added a some bog wood for my plectostomus and some live plants. All the fish seem fine, however the mitrate levels are off the...
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