Broken Test Strips?

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genevieve

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In my two years with Milo I've never had a water problem until I got some new strips today. My readings have always been normal, but now I'm getting:

Ph: 7.6 (normal)
Ammonia: 0 (normal)
Nitrate: 0 (normal)
Nitrite: 10 ppm (What?!)

Any ideas on this one? I switched to the Jungle strips if that helps. Thank you!
 
are you sure you didnt get nitrite and nitrate mixed up? cause its more normal to have 10ppm with nitrate. i suspect your new kits are off, do you have access to another test kit (ie LFS tests it) to see what the readings are on that one? they can vary quite a bit between brands but theres a serious problem if the nitrite reading is true (and i think your axie would be showing signs of it), if it turns out there isnt any nitrite get your money back!
 
I quadruple checked that I didn't mix up the nitrate and nitrite readings and I had it right, but I just realized the strips expired a year ago. Maybe that's what's wrong, lol...
 
could very well be lol, let us know what the real readings are haha
 
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