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BryceM · 01-05-2006, 06:23 PM

My recent BAD outbreak was caused by nitrates in the 70-80 range. BTW my cheapie test kit had been reading 20. I got a Lamotte kit and was quite surprised. I did some massive WC's to get it back down in the 20 range. In only a few days it's really started to clear up. I previously had to scrape the glass daily. Now it still needs it, but only about once a week. I'd recommend calibrating / checking your test kits to make sure your levels are really what you think they are.

01-05-2006, 06:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
BryceM Administrator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: South Central Idaho, USA Posts: 4,262 iTrader Ratings: 42 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 178534	My recent BAD outbreak was caused by nitrates in the 70-80 range. BTW my cheapie test kit had been reading 20. I got a Lamotte kit and was quite surprised. I did some massive WC's to get it back down in the 20 range. In only a few days it's really started to clear up. I previously had to scrape the glass daily. Now it still needs it, but only about once a week. I'd recommend calibrating / checking your test kits to make sure your levels are really what you think they are.