Testing procedures

[StickyTuba]

I did a water change earlier this morning, around 9 am. This afternoon at 1 pm I wanted to do some water testing, salinity, NH3, NO2, NO3 etc. Is this too soon after the water change?
Should I wait 12 hours, 24 hours?

Thanks

 

[Jchillin]

Yes, this is too soon to test. What I do is test prior to my water change and then test after 48 hours.

 

[StickyTuba]

Ok,

Can I do any testing prior to that. I was hoping to get my cleaning crew this weekend and I want to make sure that my water levels are good.
Thanks

 

[seaham358]

In a 12 gal tank its too soon????
IMo it should be fine, how much water did u change out?

 

[Jchillin]

Hey sticky...when did you add your sig? I'm sure I didn't see this info yesterday.

 

[StickyTuba]

how much water did u change out

I changed about 2 gallons out of the tank. Probably less than a 25% water change.

when did you add your sig?

After I read your response I noticed that I didn't specify that I was doing SW.
Sorry.

Thanks for the help though, I really appreciate all info.

 

[Jchillin]

Whew! Thanks for letting me know. I thought I was seeing things for a minute there In that sense, Seaham is right about testing.

Happy New Year!