Nitrate Problems!!!! Help!!!

I USE A AQUATIC PHARMACEUTICALS WATER TEST KIT THAT WAS MADE IN 2000....MY NITRATES ARE SKY HIGH I HAVE ALREADY DONE A 50% WATER CHANGE AND STILL NO CHANGE ...SO I THOUGHT ID TRY A 20%--STILL NO CHANGE :notsure: THEN A 50% AGAIN...AND THE NITRATES ARE AT THE TOP OF THE NITRATE SCALE (OVER 160) ..OH BY THE WAY I TESTED SOME TAP WATER AND THE READING CAME OUT 0 WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE ITS NOT THE TEST KIT.....ONE OTHER THING I JUST GOT MY SKIMMER UP AND RUNNING CORRECTLY (OLD PUMP NOT PUSHING ENOUGH WATER INTO THE SKIMMMER) ... I HAVE NO WILD LIFE IN THE TANK BUT WANT TO START ADDING SOON...SHOULD I TRY TO ADD A NITRATE SPONGE, MORE WATER CHANGES, CLEANING CREW....AHHHHHHHHHHHH PLEASE HELP!!!!!
 

airforceb2

Active Member
I would get a new test kit. The salt water may be throwing it off. Keep in mind that test kits to expire and need to be kept current. Before you do anything drastic, get a new test kit.
 
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