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I purchased a Marine Enterprises test kit for NO# awhile back at my LFS. It is for fresh or salt water. Seems very nice and the difference between the colors is not to hard to read. I wonder though, how accurate it is. I have not tested it against a know yet, I plan on it tomorrow, but wondered if anyone had experience with this type of kit. I have never seen it elsewhere. It reads in 10, 25, 50, 100 and 200. Yes, quite useless in some regards but I used it yesterday and got a reading of 25+ppm.
Not hard to believe since I dose 10ppm NO3 4x week. I am feeling that might be a tad high and that I am lacking in traces, especially due to some various stunting I am observing lately. My L. Cuba and Myrio mattergrossense are showing signs of what I believe to be NO3 deficiency but it might also be a trace issue. Also, my Bylxa all started throwing up flowers this past few days and they are very red in at the growth tips, in the center of the "rosette" and the leaves are stunted looking and smaller. the Bylxa that is more shaded my other plants or wood are not showing these signs........
Anyway,I did not mean this to be a solve my algae issues post so, any info about that test kit
Not hard to believe since I dose 10ppm NO3 4x week. I am feeling that might be a tad high and that I am lacking in traces, especially due to some various stunting I am observing lately. My L. Cuba and Myrio mattergrossense are showing signs of what I believe to be NO3 deficiency but it might also be a trace issue. Also, my Bylxa all started throwing up flowers this past few days and they are very red in at the growth tips, in the center of the "rosette" and the leaves are stunted looking and smaller. the Bylxa that is more shaded my other plants or wood are not showing these signs........
Anyway,I did not mean this to be a solve my algae issues post so, any info about that test kit