Liquid test kit

by **kevinh** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:24 am

Do the liquid test kits expire / go bad?

kevin

by **yasherkoach** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:35 am

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

by **kevinh** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 1:52 am

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.

by **yasherkoach** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:00 am

helps to keep the food fresh

by **Alasse** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:32 am

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.

by **yasherkoach** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 8:38 am

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)

by **natalie265** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:27 am

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

by **yasherkoach** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:58 am

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

by **Alasse** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:22 am

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.

Liquid test kit

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Liquid test kit

Liquid test kit

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