2 weeks after I switched from 136 to 68 watts over my 30 gallon cube I decided to test nitrates -- Lamotte kit. I have to admit I have NOT been testing at all since EI so I can't offer a good comparative result, but.. in the morning BEFORE I would have dosed 1/4 teaspoon my nitrates on lamotte were darker than a 10 and the 10 needs to be multiplied by 5.5 to get a number that correlates to other testing kits. I figure I was at about a 60.

Everyone was doing well, except for some thread algae.. but 60 before dosing seems excessive, so I did a water change to cut it in half, did not dose more.. and I will try dosing 1/2 increments of ei.

Tom? weigh in ?