bruinsbro1997
Aquarium Advice Addict
Perhaps its past shelf life. When did you get it? Liquid test kits are usually good for two years.
GoneFishing said:How can I keep up with the pwc and levels without a source of ammo? I have about 13 plants in there. If I add carbon to my filter won't this affect the plants? Thanks eco for adding to the thread.
eco23 said:Oh! Sorry man. I thought there were still a couple fish. In that case a 100% water change (done quickly so the walls and deco don't dry out), or several large water changes to basically replace and refresh all the water as well as running carbon is what I'd do. If you wanted, after replacing the water, if you wanted to run carbon for a few days before adding fish again...you could just dose the tank up to ~1ppm during that time to keep the bacteria fed.
The carbon strips out some trace nutrients...but it won't have a major impact on your plants unless you keep it in there for a really long time. Tons of people don't even know carbon has any effect on plants, they run it permanently and still have a healthy planted tank.
GoneFishing said:Yea.. like I said before its discouraging. Just hope I can figure it out before I lose all hope.
Is your water temprature in proper range big fluctuations in temp will kill fish