Yesterday I finally got my shipment of fish supplies from Drs Fosters and Smith, including a bottle of SafeStart and my API Master Test Kit. Well, one thing about me, I'm very impatient, so even though I only put the stuff in about 24 hours ago, I decided to test the water today. Ammonia looked as if it may have possibly went down a bit, so I tested nitrites, and I got a reading. As happy as I was, it seemed a little too good to be true, so I decided to test my tap water...........not only is nitrite present in my tap, but its VERY present. Ive never been so unhappy to see the color purple in my life. I checked my tap for ammo, and it is 0. There is a reading of nitrates but nothing to be worried about. Im going to see if my LFS will double check my reading, even though I already triple checked and it is a brand new test kit. Ive also double and triple checked that I am doing the test correctly (5ml water, 5 drops of solution, shake for 5 seconds, wait 5 minutes).
Any thoughts? Experiences? Anything? :help:
Any thoughts? Experiences? Anything? :help: