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Tetratest Laborett has,

ph, kh, gh, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate
(and a Co2 formula)

Should be about $15. U.S. currency



The Amazon Nut...

gary,

one of the other members sent me this article http://www.tomgriffin.com/aquamag/cycle2.html. Since my only experience is with a 40g community tank (years ago), and currently with three male bettas i have set out to learn as much as possible about the process. while the article is quite detailed, i have been reading as many posts on fishless cycling as i can hoping to augment or modify the process to fit my own situation. i know from reading some of your posts that you are an advocate of NIC and think that fishless cycling is not necessary. however, i assure you that i won't commit to the fishless cycle without proper research and understanding of the process and how it relates to the fish i want to keep, their planned environment, and my own propensity to carry out such an undertaking.

thanks for the advice on the kit. i did not realise that it does not test for nitrates. is there another kit you know of that does?

[span class="edited"][Edited by Desdinova 2004-08-27 20:15][/span]

I'd like to know the procedure you're going to use to cycle the tank...

And be advised that particular kit does not have a nitrate test.

--garyroland.



[span class="edited"][Edited by garyroland 2004-08-27 19:12][/span]

Thanks, Kim! I was worried that that would be a major maintenance expense.

Oh, Yeah, much longer than that. Check your bottles they should have the number of tests on there. I think most of them are at least 75.

Kim