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Re: Changing to a 65 gallon from a 10
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:13 am
by wngt368
Pufferpunk wrote:What test kits are you using? A well established tank should be showing nitrate, especially an overstocked one. Something's not right there.
api test kit, could it be because i tested after a water change ?
Re: Changing to a 65 gallon from a 10
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:14 am
by wngt368
wngt368 wrote:Pufferpunk wrote:What test kits are you using? A well established tank should be showing nitrate, especially an overstocked one. Something's not right there.
api test kit, could it be because i tested after a water change ?
api test strips
Re: Changing to a 65 gallon from a 10
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:35 am
by Pufferpunk
I really don't trust the strips. Get some liquid test kits & have your water tested while you're at the LFS. Always test before WC. Also, to make things really easy, you can just add the puffers to the big tank with some Bio-Spira in the filter.
Re: Changing to a 65 gallon from a 10
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:38 am
by wngt368
Pufferpunk wrote:I really don't trust the strips. Get some liquid test kits & have your water tested while you're at the LFS. Always test before WC. Also, to make things really easy, you can just add the puffers to the big tank with some Bio-Spira in the filter.
they do not have bio spira over here. i will be docnverting to liquid tests after my 10 strips aredone.
Re: Changing to a 65 gallon from a 10
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:14 am
by indie
Where are you based? In the uk we have Bactinettes which is similar to bio spira
Re: Changing to a 65 gallon from a 10
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:25 am
by riggers
Woah hold the phone, what is Bactinettes? I have never seen this before, does it work? Cause some like the one called "cycle" don't. But if this works, then great! I was really annoyed when I found out we couldn't get Bio-Spira.
