hamburgler
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I have a little inquiry about the API freshwater test kit...to put a long story short i have set up my first tanks in the past 5 months. Both african cichlid tanks...the first a grow out then to a 55g.
I used bio spira to cycle the first tank and transferred all media and substrate to the new tank.
Both tanks have had perfect water params throughout the time being set up except for 10ppm nitrate once when i first set up the first tank.
Basicly since then (the past 5 months) the water params have been 0ppm across the board. Never had a fish die, etc. I weekly do ~30% water changes.
So now that i have told you my tanks life stories...is this irregular, is the test wrong (i follow the directions, i dont see how i can mess that up), or am i just lucky?
I used bio spira to cycle the first tank and transferred all media and substrate to the new tank.
Both tanks have had perfect water params throughout the time being set up except for 10ppm nitrate once when i first set up the first tank.
Basicly since then (the past 5 months) the water params have been 0ppm across the board. Never had a fish die, etc. I weekly do ~30% water changes.
So now that i have told you my tanks life stories...is this irregular, is the test wrong (i follow the directions, i dont see how i can mess that up), or am i just lucky?