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Water test kit
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Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:53 pmby MikeCL
So I got the master test kit and this is what I'm seeing here
High Range PH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0.25 ppm
Nitrite:5.0 ppm
Nitrate:5.0 ppm
How do those levels look? I've had my Cascade 1000 for about a month now and about to change the the filters but leave the bio rings in.
Re: Water test kit
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Sat Jun 16, 2018 9:11 pmby steve
The nitrite is very high, what kind of bio media is in your tank?
Re: Water test kit
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Sat Jun 16, 2018 11:52 pmby MikeCL
steve wrote:The nitrite is very high, what kind of bio media is in your tank?
Using the ceramic bio rings in the bag with the cascade 1000 I just changed the whole media floss and bio pad but still using the rings. I don't have two packs of bio rings as shown here.
As for the tank I had no rocks in the tank but I added flourite now with large egg rocks
Re: Water test kit
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Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:09 amby steve
Any reason you added flourite? What do you mean by egg rocks?
Re: Water test kit
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Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:13 amby MikeCL
Added it because for one I already had it and I have live plants.
Egg rocks look almost like river rocks but larger
Re: Water test kit
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Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:40 amby steve
Possible that the flourite caused a temporary spike. I would check again in a couple of days.
Re: Water test kit
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Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:31 pmby MikeCL
Still no change the only thing that changed a little was the PH level went down a bit.
Re: Water test kit
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Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:24 pmby steve
Did you do anything different over that time? Partial water change?
Re: Water test kit
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Sat Jun 23, 2018 9:38 amby MikeCL
Yes I did a partial change
Re: Water test kit
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Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:55 amby MikeCL
Doing a test now so far looks like the Ammonia level went down but not by much so this is what I have here..
High Range PH: 7.4
Ammonia: 0.25 ppm
Nitrite: 2.0 ppm
Nitrate: 5.0 ppm
Re: Water test kit
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Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:49 amby steve
Seems like pretty good progress.
Re: Water test kit
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Mon Jul 02, 2018 10:22 amby MikeCL
What about the Nirate?
Re: Water test kit
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Mon Jul 02, 2018 12:18 pmby steve
Water changes should drop it. Have you tested your water right out of the tap?
Re: Water test kit
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Sat Jul 14, 2018 9:59 amby MikeCL
Looks like my tank has cycled.. and now is at the end the of the cycle.. my Nitrate level are at 160 ppm but the Nitrite is 0.25 ppm the Ammonia is 0.25
Did a 75% water change
Re: Water test kit
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Sun Jul 15, 2018 2:33 pmby steve
160 ppm?