my angel fish died:( just checked water

[Lozzy]

Hi

I would like some help, first of all one of my angel fish died, no marks or anything so tested the water with a new kit that just come, the results are

PH..8.0
AMONIA..0.25
NITRITE..0.25

Here is the prob i test for nitrate the water is a dark rusty orange,,but guess what in my kit this chart card is missing i bought it from ebay so cant get another one,,could some one try to help me guess what the colour means, and where i can just get the card for nitrate pleaseeeeeee

Thanks

Lozzy

 

[sinistral]

Sorry to hear about your loss, Lozzy. Maybe you could post the brand name of the nitrate kit that you have. Or, have you considered doing a search on the web? Sometimes companies will post pdf files of the manuals for their product.

I realize this wasn't part of your question, but I'd be more concerned about having measurable levels of ammonia and nitrites.

 

[Lozzy]

I have got all the bottles for every test etc and all the cards apart from one card which is the nitrate one..the kit i have is freshwater master test kit, aquarium pharmaceuticals inc..if that helps,,i really do need the colour chart so that i can see what the nitrate level is..i have no idea how to get one of these cards, i cannot aford to buy another kit so if anyone can help me with this i would appreciate it, i am very sad about my angel fish she was my fav

Oh well i just hope it was not because of anything i did or did'nt do

Thanks

Lozzy xx

 

[sinistral]

Lozzy, I have the Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Freshwater Master Test Kit, and it does not contain a nitrate test. Perhaps you have a different version of the master test kit?

At any rate, go here to the Aquarium Pharmaceuticals website. This is a form you can fill out for them to email or mail you a missing color chart or instructions. Hope that's helpful.

 

[Lozzy]

Thanks so much for that looking now

 

[Shizat]

Angelfish are fragile and you having ammonia and nitrite readings in your tank probably killed it. Im guessing your probably have a new tank that is running which is the cause of it.

 

[gadazobe]

Lozzy, if your nitrate kit is anything like mine, then dark rusty colour is high nitrates. The lighter the colour, the less nitrate, in fact I believe that that is the case with most testers. Do you do regular water changes as this is the only thing that will lower your nitrate. I think that your tank is quite new and still cycling, and to be honest, angel fish are not the ideal fish to cycle with - they are very delicate and need specific water conditions to thrive. I suggest that you stablize your water parameters before adding any new fish. That is, get the ammonia and nitrite levels down to 0 and nitrate to a pale yellow colour.