Help SN test - help reading results?

[grahf]

Overall your results seem fine, the nitrate reading could be a bit lower, but should not be a big deal. It won't degrade much further in the near future in what you have it right now.

Hello sorry could you help me reading my SN strip test, I'm worried if my nitrates are too high

 

[Relic]

Hello sorry could you help me reading my SN strip test, I'm worried if my nitrates are too high

Your result looks fine. With the new SN sources, the nitrite reading is the most important. Non-reagent grades have more impurities, and the storage conditions are also a factor.

 

[grahf]

Your result looks fine. With the new SN sources, the nitrite reading is the most important. Non-reagent grades have more impurities, and the storage conditions are also a factor.

Thank you so much for replying, I've been worried

 

[plumelo]

hello I would like to test my sn but I don't think I will use it right away, what can I store it in? a jam jar? a plastic box?

 

[dying flower]

What is your suggestion for storing SN ?

I'm storing it in the original bags .
Then in a plastic container.

Inside another plastic container that keeps it dark and hidden.

Although I am opening the second plastic container for other reasons. SN isn't the only thing being stored in that container.

One of the original bags was opened so I could test it .
The other bags have not been opened ever.

My SN came vacuum packed so l have that wrapped and sealed in more plastic in an airtight glass jar stored in a dark dry place. It's been there 18 months, intend to test it when l am ready

 

[flyfreetonopain]

I have 3 packages of SN in total, one from an international MNC and 2 from local brands. I trust the MNC one would be good as it should be manufactured to a good standard.. I dunno what testing it on receipt would do for me anyway.. I am paranoid about the SN going bad by the time I CTB.. so the only thing that'll reassure me is right before.

Not sure where you are from.. I am from India, so we might be looking at different brands.. The Salifert one luckily is available on Amazon here though, and I intend to order that soon.. There's one called the API nitrite kit and QPETS which looks like the strips you've used.. Guess I'll be using one among those three.

Exactly.. I asked an AI chatbot about this and it said that these aquarium test kits are not reliable or accurate and suggested I test it in a laboratory.. Right! Like I have access to that..

Hello, how did you get the MNC SN in India?

 

[icetealatte]

Hello, how did you get the MNC SN in India?

Same doubt here...

 

[TurboCharcha]

Hey OP, if you are still with us, I want to tell you that you probably got most of the readings low because of a major oversight in the SN testing instructions I've seen on this site that makes one underestimate the purity of SN. For a detailed explanation, check out this post:

Problem with SN testing information

I'm making this post because I'm worried that people might be testing their SN wrongly. If I'm right, then tests done with the method explained in the SN bible (and everywhere else I have found on this site) will lead to an underestimation of the tested SN purity. This, in turn, may worsen...

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