Hi all,
One of my new fish is flashing and yawning (he arrived during the week). I havent been able to QT new fish as I dont have a tank available.
I've been using an Aquaforest test kit for nitrates, but I've recently got a Salifert test kit, and there has been some discrepancies.
Aquaforest nitrate test kit reports very low nitrates - 1-3ppm whereas the Salifert kit reports 100!
I had been making decisions based on low nitrates which is disappointing if this isnt a correct reading.
Would nitrates as high as the salifert test is reading (100ppm) be causing the fish irritation and causing him to flash and yawn?
Cheers
Dave
One of my new fish is flashing and yawning (he arrived during the week). I havent been able to QT new fish as I dont have a tank available.
I've been using an Aquaforest test kit for nitrates, but I've recently got a Salifert test kit, and there has been some discrepancies.
Aquaforest nitrate test kit reports very low nitrates - 1-3ppm whereas the Salifert kit reports 100!
I had been making decisions based on low nitrates which is disappointing if this isnt a correct reading.
Would nitrates as high as the salifert test is reading (100ppm) be causing the fish irritation and causing him to flash and yawn?
Cheers
Dave