I found with our crappy water that testing the tap was way more important than testing the tank once they were cycled.
Donna
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> From: "sevenspringss@wmconnect.com" <sevenspringss@wmconnect.com>
>Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Connie/ 9-20-12/ another question/Ray
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>Suzy,
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>Once your tank is fully cycled -- regardless of the bioload it's cycled for
>-- the ammonia should always remain at zero and so should the nitrite. The
>only thing that will rise will be the nitrate (and then, much less so if
>you have live plants).
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>There should be no need to add Prime once your tank is cycled, nor should
>you need to test your parameters every two days, if your tank is properly
>cycled. This is not to say that testing your water periodically (or even, as
>often as you'd like) is not good insurance just in case something has occured
>to upset the cycle, even though there should be no cause for a cycle
>interuption if nothing has changed.
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>Ray</HTML>
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