testing

This is old news to some and possibly to the same caliber as the turkey baster but I finally got on the bandwagon :D There are certain tests I hate particularly because the viles are impossible to clean without an acid and as a result wouldn't do the and nearly crashed my system. Namely...

I've been using nitrate and ammonia test kits, expired by a year and a half, almost 2 years. I thought all was ok, but after losing a blood fire shrimp in one night, I'm doubting it. Since I acid & bleach washed the rock, followed by biospira and then ammonia chloride to kickstart the cycle, I...