Hi

I have recently (yesterday) redesigned my aquarium using ADA aqua soil and EI dosing. I tested my water this afternoon (having dosed 5ppm KN03 and 1ppm KH2PO4) and found that my N02 levels were quite high- 0.3 (full details of results are below-) perhaps due to my lack of beneficial bacteria, as I believe I lost much of the bacteria that were in my filter.

Are these result be considered normal on the first full day of being set up, would a water change at this stage be advisable? Or are the results of my test kit unimportant? Unfortunately I am unsure of the precise levels of C02 at the moment as I have not yet got a bubble counter or drop checker set up.

All advice welcome .
Regards.


120l
3.5w
Pressurised C02
PH- 6.5
N02- 0.3
N03- 20
GH- 12
KH- 8
P04- 2.5
FE- 0