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Also, Hannah just came out with a high range nitrate tester if you want numbers.
Hard to say without 6000k lighting, but I'd say 20I might be missing your point. It's hard to tell without being there in direct light, but I'd call that 20ppm. Very possible.
I'm assuming there's more to this...did you just start your tank up, early in cycle...need some more information on your tank to assist.
Well, there’s a shadow in the center of the vial - so I’d call it 15. Usually when it’s between colors you split the difference.Is it just me or is this impossible?
I’d call anything in excess of 50 “high”. 10-20 is probably “medium”, and 5-10 is “low”. Anything under 5 I’d consider “ultra low”, and anything over 100 “ultra high”. There are a lot of successful reef tanks in the 10-15 range, too.Nitrates are either high, low or ok. In my tank I would call that high. That is about as scientific as I get with nitrates.
Also, Hannah just came out with a high range nitrate tester if you want numbers.
I have to agree with you there. My No3 stays round 20s and look at my build tread. I see no ill effects on my reef.I’d call anything in excess of 50 “high”. 10-20 is probably “medium”, and 5-10 is “low”. Anything under 5 I’d consider “ultra low”, and anything over 100 “ultra high”. There are a lot of successful reef tanks in the 10-15 range, too.
What others are alluding to in their replies to your thread is that precise interpretation of nitrate levels in a tank aren't necessary. When you think about water chemistry test results, there's a hierarchy of importance and need for accuracy. Certainly there's room for interpretation and/or disagreement, but in my opinion the order of importance, and therefore the need for accuracy, is as follows:Tanks been running for about 6 months. The nitrates got quite high early on (around 50), I got it down to what I thought was 20 and started dosing nopox to also reduce phosphates. Phosphates have since dropped from 1 to 0.06, but I just feel like I can't accurately interpret nitrate colour charts. It seems little lighter than other tests Ive done so Im leaning towards something lower than 20 but higher than 10.
Somewhere between 20-30, would be my guess.Your plight is so familiar. Lol. This test just sucks