Regular Member Chrissy_Bee Posted February 26, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted February 26, 2007 Well, after nearly 5 years of gf keeping I finally have ALL the test kits I need. (shameful, I know ) Here are the perams I got today...how are they looking? nitrites 0.1 (waaaay down from last week thankfully) nitrates 40 kH 54 GH 103 ammonia 0 ph 6.6 Chrissy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Tosakin in Oz Posted February 26, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted February 26, 2007 Nitirites are still in the toxic levels... keep up those daily/twice daily waterchanges! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member viscosity2004 Posted February 26, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted February 26, 2007 Well, after nearly 5 years of gf keeping I finally have ALL the test kits I need. (shameful, I know ) Here are the perams I got today...how are they looking? nitrites 0.1 (waaaay down from last week thankfully) nitrates 40 kH 54 GH 103 ammonia 0 ph 6.6 Chrissy Lookin' okay. You may want to do an extra water change to lower the nitrate a bit and you may want to raise your kH a tad -- have you noticed any fluctuations in your pH? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Chrissy_Bee Posted February 26, 2007 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 26, 2007 My pH is very steady so I think it's ok. The nitrites are rapidly going down...thank goodness..my poor back can't take too many days of huge water changes What's the best way to raise kH? Chrissy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member viscosity2004 Posted February 27, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted February 27, 2007 My pH is very steady so I think it's ok. The nitrites are rapidly going down...thank goodness..my poor back can't take too many days of huge water changes What's the best way to raise kH? Chrissy If your pH is steady then that's good. If you still want to raise your kH you can either use buffers available at your LFS or you can add carbonate via baking soda or crushed coral (I think). I'm not sure what the measurements would be, so hopefully someone with more knowledge can help you with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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