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Ammonia test kits is good to have.
Hi,
I have just setup a new tank.
I want it to be a shrimp tank and before adding shrimp into the tank which test kits should I get?
I know I should be getting pH, is there anything else need?
Ammonia?
Please advice.
Ammonia test kits is good to have.
need to get nitrate or nitrite also?
some kits sell 5 in 1
I don't know if it is necessary to have it or just get those individual ph, ammonia and nitrate or nitrite kits will do
To be honest I only have pH and kH test kit, bought it because I need to determine the CO2 level. I'm using Estimate Index (EI) dosing with 50% water change weekly, thus I do not need test kits for fert dosing. EI dosing will make sure enough nutrient.
As for ammonia test kits, not needed as long as you make sure that thank is fully cycle before introducing any fauna and don’t kill the beneficial bacteria colony in the filter media. Nevertheless, ammonia test kit is good to have if suddenly face mass unexplained fauna death.
my 2 cents
Thanks for the input. I am worried that my shrimps will die due to high ammonia and the plants are not growing yet. I think I will leave the tank for a little longer before I get my shrimps in.
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if you want to keep shrimps, better get pH, ammonia and nitrate test kits.
if im not wrong, those 5 in 1 test kits dont test ammonia.
i think it tests pH, nitrate, gh, kh and one more.
Thanks for the input, any brands that is reliable and accurate that you can advice on?Originally Posted by gwabbie
I dont need to worry about nitrite? Which one harms the fish? Nitrate or Nitrite?
Last edited by larlee; 21st Nov 2007 at 23:33.
why drink and drive when one can smoke and fly.
i got all the test kit from API range.
i think its the nitrate.
Never create what you can't control
All of them. Ammonia/nitrite is harmful at low levels, nitrate is only harmful when it gets too high (which can be neutralised by weekly water changes).
So the immediate concern would be ammonia/nitrite.
Thanks for the advice.
I will go look around for test kits for ph, ammonia and nitrite
How do you get rid of ammonia and nitrite? Water change?
Enough time for the tank to be fully cycled. Activated carbon also can help.
Never create what you can't control
Water change can help, but as ammonia/nitrite are lethal at very low levels, you wouldn't want to be performing water changes every day, would you?
On the contrary, activated carbon does not seem to bind too well to ammonia/nitrite. So it may help a little, but how effectively is still debatable.
The beneficial bacteria in a fully cycled tank will take care of them. If you have some time, do read up on how the nitrogen cycle works in your tank and the relationship between ammonia/nitrite/nitrate.
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...94&postcount=2
Ammonia/nitrite/nitrate are also used up by plants. So if yours is a planted tank that has well growing plants, ammonia/nitrite should not be an issue.
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