Liquid test kit

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kevinh
 
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Liquid test kit

by kevinh

Do the liquid test kits expire / go bad?

kevin


yasherkoach
 
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by yasherkoach

usually last a good 12 months as with flakes, always refrigerate all fish food and after one year throw out all flake or dry fish food


kevinh
 
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by kevinh

Thank, I'll need to get a new test kit. Mine is over a year old. I'm starting my 4th week cycling and i've tested 16 times with the same reading 8.0 on ph and 0 on everything else. What does refrigerating the fish food do? thats a first for me.


yasherkoach
 
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by yasherkoach

helps to keep the food fresh


Alasse
 
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by Alasse

I freeze my algae disks, cause i buy 5kg at a time.

Never keep my fish food in the fridge, no need to if the lid is properly fitting and the container stays airtight.


yasherkoach
 
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by yasherkoach

this is true Alasse...but if it's good for human food it's sure good for fish (in other words, it can't hurt)


natalie265
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by natalie265

But fish food is dry. Do you refrigerate your crackers, chips and cereal? God, you probably do. ;)


yasherkoach
 
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by yasherkoach

I may not refrigerate those foods...but I have always with dry fish food, like I said, it can't hurt


Alasse
 
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by Alasse

Actually it can hurt. At another forum i am on it caused the death of all of a guys fish.. Because the fish food was stored in a fridge where its damp, the food had a mould grow, fouling the food. Not the 1st case i have hear of this either

Yeah i'll stick with keeping it in an airtight container in the air, same place it stays (for who knows how long) until i buy it.

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