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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / June 2008Low Nitrates
My Nitrates are testing low. Does that mean a tank is cycled? I say NO, because Ammonia is present. Lu > My Nitrates are testing low. Does that mean a tank is cycled? I say NO, > because Ammonia is present. > > Lu Better read up on what a low nitrate reading means Lu! You can still have ammonia in a cycled tank if its overloaded and in which case it wil never get cycled and always have ammonia content and nitrate levels as well as other readings for nitrite. Your concept of cycled would only really be true and valid if it was taken from a unstocked tank or a tank with a minimum and I say MINIMUM fish load. Hard to get any grasp of a cycled tank when its overstocked to b egin with. I can't find a test for Nitrites..only Nitrates. I hear they don't make them. Well anyway, I change 95% of the water VERY frequently because of my tank size. Lu > I can't find a test for Nitrites..only Nitrates. I hear they don't make > them. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Lu So therefore you overload the tank and think massive water changes make up for inadequate tank size so its no wonder a tank never cycles properly. DUH! Maybe you need to tak your issues up with that stupendous extremely knowledgeable LFS that seems to be able to sell you everyitng that you DO NOT need. I bet they have relatively little to no old stock and obsolete equipment left with customers like you! And yes they do make a nitrite test kit.........and any decent LFS would carry them.....opps I forgot......... but the key word is "Decent" if you catch my drift! You are right. I did manage to pick up a NITRITE test. And they test ZERO..no nitrites are present. My fish are thriving and happily swimming. NITRATES also test ZERO. |
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