xfactor6699
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So everything across the bored is 0 are my plants eating up my nitrates
eco23 said:Did you / how did you cycle the tank? What do you currently have stocked?
mudraker said:What is the question? Or are you just happy to have perfect water parameters? If so, congrats
eco23 said:My first question would be what type of test kit are you using. Strips are notoriously inaccurate. I'd run out and get an API Master test kit (liquids) if you don't already have one. I'd bet $10 it's a faulty reading. It is possible for plants to cause 0 nitrAtes...but you'd virtually need a forest in there.
xfactor6699 said:I'm using an api master test kit and I'm pretty stocked on plants I've got 14 plants in a 55 gallon I dont know if that's enough like ur saying I'm just wondering
eco23 said:I honestly don't know enough about pants to tell you that X number of plants = Y reduction of nitrAtes...but assuming that you're doing the tests right (TONS of people mess up the nitrAte test, not shaking the #2 solution long enough, not shaking test tube for 1 minute...), then the plants must be responsible. The tank if obviously cycled if you have that many fish and the ammo and nitrIte are at 0. So at least there's no worry there.
eco23 said:Have you made any changes recently? Changed filters? Recently added fish?
xfactor6699 said:I added fish sat but there not in there anymore and everything else is the same I think I was just doing a rookie mistake with the nitrate test
eco23 said:The ammo amount is what makes me ask. It should always be 0 in a cycled tank. Adding fish, changing filters, aggressive vacuuming...all these things can cause mini cycles and lead to an ammonia spike.
eco23 said:Not to mention, having a few fish in for 7 hours shouldn't have spiked ammo so quickly. It would take them a while to produce enough waste to change the levels.