REDSTEVEO
Member
All,
Please don't jump all over me for posting this ,or report me to Clive Ha Ha because I know as advocates of the perfect planted tank we add Macro and Micro Nutrients to help our plants grow. I once tested my NO3 Levels and the coulour changed to a deep dark Merlot Wine colour But the fish and the plants were all fine, so hey ho. So in the past I have not been too fussed about NO3 Levels as I was regularly adding it to my planted tank as part of the EI Fertilser Dosing Technique.
However now with the 9 x Wild Discus which I am told by the experts are less tolerant to Nitrates I am testing more often before and after water changes. I have heard of some Wild Discus fish keepers changing 50% water on a daily basis, which is not a route i want to be going down.
When I have tested for NO3 in the past I have always used the Tetra NO3 Testing Kit, 3 x Liquids and 1 x Powder additive. I have tried using different testing kits but find if you compare the results between testing kits you get very different readings so it is hard to know which one to rely on.
Also I have found less and less places sell the Tetra NO3 kits so I finish up having to order them online which is a PITHA.
If you are using NO3 testing kits which ones are you using? By the way I don't like the 3 in 1 or 6 in 1 testing strips so lets not go there.
Cheers,
Steve
Please don't jump all over me for posting this ,or report me to Clive Ha Ha because I know as advocates of the perfect planted tank we add Macro and Micro Nutrients to help our plants grow. I once tested my NO3 Levels and the coulour changed to a deep dark Merlot Wine colour But the fish and the plants were all fine, so hey ho. So in the past I have not been too fussed about NO3 Levels as I was regularly adding it to my planted tank as part of the EI Fertilser Dosing Technique.
However now with the 9 x Wild Discus which I am told by the experts are less tolerant to Nitrates I am testing more often before and after water changes. I have heard of some Wild Discus fish keepers changing 50% water on a daily basis, which is not a route i want to be going down.
When I have tested for NO3 in the past I have always used the Tetra NO3 Testing Kit, 3 x Liquids and 1 x Powder additive. I have tried using different testing kits but find if you compare the results between testing kits you get very different readings so it is hard to know which one to rely on.
Also I have found less and less places sell the Tetra NO3 kits so I finish up having to order them online which is a PITHA.
If you are using NO3 testing kits which ones are you using? By the way I don't like the 3 in 1 or 6 in 1 testing strips so lets not go there.
Cheers,
Steve