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shipping water for testing
I am curious to know if you ship a sample of your tank water to someone to test, how accurate would this test be???? I mean would it have to stay to temp would it being in a bag for a couple of days skew the test???
any input would be much appreciated.
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What kind of tests would you want to run? For the most part, tests could be done, but hobbyist procedures might not be good enough.
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Jonathan Bertoni |
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these are just basic tests, ammonia, nitrite,nitrate, ammonia pretty basic test is all.
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Any organic debris in the water column might affect the test results, due to bacterial action. They might change a bit without debris, too.
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Jonathan Bertoni |
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yeah that is kind of what I was thinking. if you could get a "clean" sample of water devoid of as much debris I think that would help for sure. anyone else have any input on this????? I might have to to a little trial. test some fresh water out of my tanks and then bag some water up and put it in a box for 24 or so hour and then test that and see if there is a diff.
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I'd be especially concerned about ammonia, either generated in the bag, or consumed by bacteria in it.
pH cannot be measured in stored samples due to bacterial action.
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