Osage_Winter
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Okay, guys and gals. It's been two days since my water change, and I was advised that this is the time to take the next series of readings from the API Master Kit, and so here are the results, again, following the directions explicitly...
High Range Ph (based on keeping goldfish; I didn't have to do the standard Ph test according to the instructions from API): 7.4 or possibly lower, which isn't indicated on the chart but it seems like my color match was lighter than the yellowish/green bar that is first on the chart...
Ammonia: 0.25 (still don't know why this won't drop to 0)
Nitrite: 0 (this dropped from my last test!)
Nitrate: STILL somewhere between 40 and 80 ppm; it's hard to read because the color is a darkish orange, but not quite very dark...
Based on these, can someone please continue to advise me based on my last round of tests? Those came out to be, just for reference:
High Ph: 8.2
Ammonia: 0-0.25
Nitrite: 0.25-0.50
Nitrate: 40-80 ppm
What do I need to do at this point? How can I get the ammonia and nitrates down? Would this be a matter of less feeding now? And what about High Ph -- is this OK at 7.4?
High Range Ph (based on keeping goldfish; I didn't have to do the standard Ph test according to the instructions from API): 7.4 or possibly lower, which isn't indicated on the chart but it seems like my color match was lighter than the yellowish/green bar that is first on the chart...
Ammonia: 0.25 (still don't know why this won't drop to 0)
Nitrite: 0 (this dropped from my last test!)
Nitrate: STILL somewhere between 40 and 80 ppm; it's hard to read because the color is a darkish orange, but not quite very dark...
Based on these, can someone please continue to advise me based on my last round of tests? Those came out to be, just for reference:
High Ph: 8.2
Ammonia: 0-0.25
Nitrite: 0.25-0.50
Nitrate: 40-80 ppm
What do I need to do at this point? How can I get the ammonia and nitrates down? Would this be a matter of less feeding now? And what about High Ph -- is this OK at 7.4?