Muffin,

What is your usual pH? If your usual pH is higher the softening of the
water and the dilution of the water by the rain causing the pH to decrease
would account for the nitrite and ammonia readings. Anytime there is a
major change quick change in you water chemistry your biobugs die off and
reproduce back to a normal population.

Tom L.L.
"*muffin*" wrote in message
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this can't be right,, can it???

after reading about 'acid' rain, I figured I should test the water, since
we
had tONS of rain water this week.

I usual test in afternoon, (ok ,I am NOt a morning person)

but these results look weird.
KH = 250ppm
GH=143ppm
PH=7.5
nitrite=.5
nitrate= 0
ammonia= .25

I will redo this afternoon