in my lfs the other day i asked the guy wen he thought i sud be able to put new fish in and he sed i wud need to test the water for amonia and nitrate. he sold me some test kits and sed wen both the results are clear then i can put in new fish. i tested the water for amonia and the water i tested stayed clear but wen i tested the water for nitrate the water went bright pink. wat sud i do ??

Is there a paper that came with your test kit? did you mix it up? how many drops did you put? what kind of test kit is it?

i did exactly wat da instructions said. i put 1ml of tank water in to the cup and then one spoon of the powder in the cup with the water and waited for it to change colour.

the colour chart says it is 4ppm, wat does dat mean??

im not so sure... Im sorry maby someone else could help
you better then i did... i also have problems with test kits im going to go buy something new... because my test kit is being stupid and doesn't even give the water levels....

hi chicken, how long have you had the tank set up ? nitrate is the end product of the nitrogen cycle and this will go away through your filter being ready and water changes,
i think 4ppm means the same as 4mg/l IF so this is not to bad

it has been set up about a month. i am using mollies to cycle it

re do the test kits and take the results back to the shop. they will tell you what they mean. i use a test strip which you read off the back of the cannister, it has all the readings you need so it is much simpler to use and understand. its called eSHa.