Do these additives give me a reading that isn't exactly true?
API test kit:
Nitrate 40 to 80 (the red gets hard to decifer) Nitrite 0, Ammonia 0 to 15, PH 6.6 to 6.8, Water is very hard.
20 gallon heavily planted heavily stocked tank. 10% water (tap) added per week. 10-15% water change and vaccum per week. fish fed 2x daily with flakes and it all gets eaten before reaching the bottom.
Addatives:
10ml API Leaf Zone
.75ml Tetra Aquasafe (per added gallon of tap, usually 1 to 2 gallons)
15ml Tetra Easy Balance with Nitraban
1ml Seachem Flourish comprehensive supplement for the planted aquarium
2.5ml Seachem Flourish excel (every few days)
Are any of the plant additives giving me this high Nitrate reading and are the nitrates safe nitrates as oppose to unsafe ones. My fish seam healthy and have no signs of poor health.
API test kit:
Nitrate 40 to 80 (the red gets hard to decifer) Nitrite 0, Ammonia 0 to 15, PH 6.6 to 6.8, Water is very hard.
20 gallon heavily planted heavily stocked tank. 10% water (tap) added per week. 10-15% water change and vaccum per week. fish fed 2x daily with flakes and it all gets eaten before reaching the bottom.
Addatives:
10ml API Leaf Zone
.75ml Tetra Aquasafe (per added gallon of tap, usually 1 to 2 gallons)
15ml Tetra Easy Balance with Nitraban
1ml Seachem Flourish comprehensive supplement for the planted aquarium
2.5ml Seachem Flourish excel (every few days)
Are any of the plant additives giving me this high Nitrate reading and are the nitrates safe nitrates as oppose to unsafe ones. My fish seam healthy and have no signs of poor health.