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Hi
Im doing a fishless cycling at the moment using Dr Tims 1 and only, the first water test after dosing ammonium chloride, the Nitrate level was 100 and still is after day 8/9, during this time I have also had a reading for nitrite from 1.0 on day 2 to 0.25 today. I have come across a few statements in forum answers that say that the Nitrate result is false if there are Nitrites present in the water.
Is this true? should I only be concerned about the Nitrate result when Nitrite=0.
Using Salifert test kits.
Tony
Im doing a fishless cycling at the moment using Dr Tims 1 and only, the first water test after dosing ammonium chloride, the Nitrate level was 100 and still is after day 8/9, during this time I have also had a reading for nitrite from 1.0 on day 2 to 0.25 today. I have come across a few statements in forum answers that say that the Nitrate result is false if there are Nitrites present in the water.
Is this true? should I only be concerned about the Nitrate result when Nitrite=0.
Using Salifert test kits.
Tony