AmyD
Aquarium Advice Activist
I'm tempted to wait until i get the prime and do a complete water change, start again
This is the first water change i have done but it was initially filled with the same water. I am using stress coat to remove the chlorine atm but have ordered a bottle of prime, after reading such good reviews, which i should receive in a day or two. Where do i find the expiry date on my test kit? I have the api master kit, i take it being over the expiry date could lead to inaccurate results. Do you think this has messed up my cycle? I won't lie i'm dissapointed :-(
MonsterfishGuy said:For a big 24 h its bind but it will release...
It that case the dates are fine, do you think that the prime will help with the nitrates? Sorry about all the questions this is quite confusing! Thank you so much for your help, you guys are great
AmyD said:Ok i'll check tonight i must be doing something wrong it just doesn't add up. I'll also check the water in my tank again and see what's going on there. No i don't live anywhere near farmland, i'll make sure i do the nitrate test exactly the same each time, shaking bottle number 2 for longer
AmyD said:Triple tested the tap water, shook both bottles for 1 minute and the entire solution also for 1 minute (used a stopwatch!) then after 5 minutes showing 20ppm! just about to clean the test tubes and check the water in my tank
eco23 said:The last thing you can try is to test bottled water as a control. If that tests positive we know something is screwy with the test...otherwise you'd confirm that there is indeed that much no3 in the tap water.
librarygirl said:It should but I'm concerned with having to potentially overdose Prime each time you do a water change to protect your fish (when you get them) from the nitrates ( don't . And then Prime only lasts up to 2 days, so after that then I'm not sure. I've alerted Eco to this thread, maybe he can help more than I can.
AmyD said:Ok thanks, for now i'll just carry on with the cycle and see what happens
MonsterfishGuy said:To much prime can be dangerous, 10 times the reg dose is the warning point.