Hey everyone! So I bought this Fluval Evo 13.5 secondhand on Saturday. The tank had been up and running for 2 years prior to my purchasing of it, so it has been properly cycled before. I just did some testing on my water and got some alarming results.
Ammonia: 1.2-2 ppm
Nitrate: ~50 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Alkalinity: 8.5 dKH
pH: 7.8
Obviously these results are incredibly alarming, and I fear that the results have been wonky for a day or two, but I had some fish, coral and clean up crew that came with the tank and they are alive and I haven't seen any crazy odd behaviors out of them, but I am a beginner to reefing, so I may be overlooking something. Any possibility that I did the test wrong? I used a Red Sea Marine Care Multi test kit.
Ammonia: 1.2-2 ppm
Nitrate: ~50 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Alkalinity: 8.5 dKH
pH: 7.8
Obviously these results are incredibly alarming, and I fear that the results have been wonky for a day or two, but I had some fish, coral and clean up crew that came with the tank and they are alive and I haven't seen any crazy odd behaviors out of them, but I am a beginner to reefing, so I may be overlooking something. Any possibility that I did the test wrong? I used a Red Sea Marine Care Multi test kit.