my friend recently tested my water with a Milwaukee tester and it's saying my phosphates are at 3.2. I keep questioning him if it's set right or calibrated right because I'm testing it with a salifert an Api tester from my planted tank and a
Red Sea tester and all of those are showing me very little phosphates at all. Less than 1 but my salifert tester has my nitrates at about 3 so I guess my question is I feel like my nitrates being around 3 is very close if not dead on but I'm questioning that my phosphates are at 3.2 according to my friends Milwaukee phosphate tester when my testers suggest otherwise.
Are nitrate values tied to phosphate values in any way?
Is it possible a Milwaukee phosphate tester could be off or is it reading it different than I understand them to work.
Thanks for the help
Red Sea tester and all of those are showing me very little phosphates at all. Less than 1 but my salifert tester has my nitrates at about 3 so I guess my question is I feel like my nitrates being around 3 is very close if not dead on but I'm questioning that my phosphates are at 3.2 according to my friends Milwaukee phosphate tester when my testers suggest otherwise.
Are nitrate values tied to phosphate values in any way?
Is it possible a Milwaukee phosphate tester could be off or is it reading it different than I understand them to work.
Thanks for the help