Ok so finally recieved my Api Master Test Kit (Freshwater) through the post today and got stuck in!
Im currently running a 48ltr freshwater tank, been running for around a month and a half now with fish in + live plants.
Ive now ordered a 240ltr Rio as the 48ltr is way too small (and I have been told mine is over stocked).
My results are as follows:
PH: 7.6
Hight Range PH: 8.0
Ammonia: 0.25
Nitrite NO2: Somewhere between 0 and 0.25
Nitrite NO3: Somewhere between 10 and 15
Are these ok? Im guessing that the NO3 is a little high?
I have been doing a 50% water change each day (not today as I wanted test results without having done a water change). Should I carry on doing this? Also what am I looking for which will tell me that I only need to water change say once a week?
Any help will be much appreciated! Thanks guys and gals!
Im currently running a 48ltr freshwater tank, been running for around a month and a half now with fish in + live plants.
Ive now ordered a 240ltr Rio as the 48ltr is way too small (and I have been told mine is over stocked).
My results are as follows:
PH: 7.6
Hight Range PH: 8.0
Ammonia: 0.25
Nitrite NO2: Somewhere between 0 and 0.25
Nitrite NO3: Somewhere between 10 and 15
Are these ok? Im guessing that the NO3 is a little high?
I have been doing a 50% water change each day (not today as I wanted test results without having done a water change). Should I carry on doing this? Also what am I looking for which will tell me that I only need to water change say once a week?
Any help will be much appreciated! Thanks guys and gals!
