are phosphates and ammonia different?

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i keep finding larger tanks don’t seem to test for ammonia? are they the same?
 
No. Established tanks often don't test for ammonia because if they have any something is really haywire.

Testing ammonia is generally only done while cycling a tank or during qt
 

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