In article , JJsPond@noe-
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Do you happen to have a test for KH?

I do have a test for KH but have not done the test as I don't know where
it is.

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That's the brand I use, they have a manufacturing date on the bottle's
front label called a Lot No. They are "supposedly" good for 2 years past
that date. Example: I have an old test kit sitting on my desk here to refer
to. It says its Lot No. is 86A0802, so its manufacturing date was 08/2002
thus expired 08/2004. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

Very interesting Jan, I've just checked my Ammonia kit and it is out of
date (86A1101). A long time out of date and it probably was when I
bought it so without checking the others I'd say they were all out of
date. I bought the kit over the internet so wouldn't have been able to
check the info' even if I knew where to check at the time. Have you
tested the out of date kit against a new kit? If so were the results
different?

I'll renew all kits from a shop where I can check the labels before
handing over any money.

By the way, the fish eventually died, my kids were devastated as
something personal was associated with the fish. I did find out that
the problem was a stone stopping the fish from passing waste. It had
partly swallowed the stone, it almost managed to pass it, I doubt I
could have done much for the fish. I'll spend some time trying to
locate a local vet for future reference although I doubt I'll find one
that normally works with fish. We have a local large aquarium so they
might be able to point me in the right direction.

I really hate losing pets as I feel really responsible for them and will
spend a fortune to keep them in good health. The most I've spent trying
to help one fish was in the region of 600 uk pounds. The fish was ill
and I didn't know what was wrong with it so I bought a huge tank with
all of the kit so that I could bring the fish indoors to keep an eye on
it. Then I bought a good quality microscope so that I could identify
the problem so that I could treat it. Then came books, videos,
chemicals, test kits, the list goes on and on and on.