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ganesh_6663
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 Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:37 am Post subject: Freshwater test kit..Need Help |
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Hi All,
Want to now which test kit useful for my 50G 2 month old new FW fish tank , what is there different type...
and what is price(as low as possible).
Like.......
Ammonia
Nitrite
Nitrites
Nitrates
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ganesh_6663
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:12 pm Post subject: Re: Freshwater test kit..Need Help |
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| plz |
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josyjames
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:29 pm Post subject: Re: Freshwater test kit..Need Help |
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| Dont waste your money in buying the test kits... My sincere advise. Its really not required for a freshwater tank. If it was a marine tank, I would have asked you to buy. But for a freshwater, its a real waste to buy the test kits. |
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sid
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 4:45 pm Post subject: Re: Freshwater test kit..Need Help |
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| you DON'T need a test kit. Just get on google and start doing some serious reading up on the basics of freshwater aquariums. |
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sandeepraghuvanshi
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 8:27 pm Post subject: Re: Freshwater test kit..Need Help |
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If it is planted tank, you can go for a nitrate kit.
You don't need any other.
If it is a non planted, you dont really need anything. |
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Linelogic
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| Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 6:02 pm Post subject: Re: Freshwater test kit..Need Help |
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| Sandeep, how would a Nitrate Kit be useful for a planted tank. Could you pls elaborate ?1 |
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sandeepraghuvanshi
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| Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: Freshwater test kit..Need Help |
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| Linelogic wrote (View Post):
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Sandeep, how would a Nitrate Kit be useful for a planted tank. Could you pls elaborate ?1
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Nitrates are a major nutrient for plants.
Most of us follow EI dosing, along with weekly water changes we try to dose for adequate levels of nutrients.
However whether you are dosing enough for your tank is never easy to determine.
The levels required to be maintined are between 5 pmm to 30 ppm.
That is a big range to maintain.
I was dosing about 20 ppm on a weekly basis, but when I got my test kit, I tested hardly any nitrate in aquarium.
The test kit was okay because when I tested my nitrate stock solution the results were correct.
In a reply to one of my queries, Tom Brarr commented for my tank that nitrate consumption for my tank would be about 3-4 ppm per day.
It is then that I realised that I was underdosing nitrates.
Now I have increased to 30 ppm for last 10 days, the plants seem to be responding well.
Test kits though not essential but are a good tool to have, they take out guess work and help you in diagonsing problems. |
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