Nitrates
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DanDman18 - Posts: 115
- Joined: Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:56 am
Nitrates
I know this sounds like a beginner question, but i am very confused about it. I tested my water last week when my power was out, and everything was perfect, pH-8.2 Ammonia-0 nitite-0, however the nitrate was 120ppm. I couldn't do a water change because i had no power, and just had to hope they would live, i then did tests every day since and every day it dropped by 20ppm, today i got power back and was going to do a water change but when i tested it again it said that the nitrates are 0. I thought the only way to reduce nitrates is from water changes, or live plants, i didn't do any water changes, and besides for algae in my tank no plants. So what i am asking is why did my nitrates drop so suddenly?
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DanDman18 - Posts: 115
- Joined: Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:56 am
I don't know, i just retested the tank 4 times, with different test bottles and two said about 30-40ppm while the other two said about 20-30ppm, while this morning it was 0 all 4 times. I have the API freshwater test kit, but the biggest thing i hate about it is the 10 and 20ppm for nitrate look the same, as does the 40 and 80. So when it is that color i guess you assume its between them, but i like knowing exactly.