Does NP bacto balance contains ammonia?

[Beuchat Verified Sponsor]

Hi,

I am really surprised and I am not sure if my ammonia test is useful to determine the concentration in this case. The thing is that I have detected a small concentration of ammonia in my aquarium while using np bacto balance and I decided to do a test to the product using red sea ammonia test, with the following result:

The test is designed to use 5 ml of sample. I have used 2 ml of np bacto balance plus 3 ml of RO water.

Is results are correct, then this product is adding amonia (among other things) to the tank, to generate nitrate.

 

[Saltyreef]

Hi,

I am really surprised and I am not sure if my ammonia test is useful to determine the concentration in this case. The thing is that I have detected a small concentration of ammonia in my aquarium while using np bacto balance and I decided to do a test to the product using red sea ammonia test, with the following result:

The test is designed to use 5 ml of sample. I have used 2 ml of np bacto balance plus 3 ml of RO water.

Is results are correct, then this product is adding amonia (among other things) to the tank, to generate nitrate.

Are you using a FW kit or a marine kit. Results will vary if using a marine kit to test freshwater samples.

 

[taricha]

The max dosage I believe is .01mL / L.
You tested 2mL / 5mL or 400mL/L so this is 40,000x the dose.
If you found detectable ammonia at 1X or even 10x the dose, then maybe that would be more indicative of significant ammonia.

 

[Beuchat Verified Sponsor]

Thanks, it is saltwater test kit

I am suspecting of my test is wrong. I will get a diferente test kit and do it again

 

[Rmckoy]

I would setup an experiment tank with saltwater .
dose according to the volume of the tank and follow with testing

 

[Beuchat Verified Sponsor]

I would setup an experiment tank with saltwater .
dose according to the volume of the tank and follow with testing

yes, I think this would be the way. Thanks

 

[Dan_P]

yes, I think this would be the way. Thanks

Dose a tank’s size dose in 1 L of fresh saltwater and measure ammonia in the saltwater before and after dosing the product. Even if it has a tiny amount of ammonia, you will be able ti measure it.

 

[brandon429]

Show me a pic of your display reef I'll tell you if that is another red sea ammonia test misread. If it is, I'll add it to page nine of the red sea ammonia test kit misreads thread.

 

[brandon429]

There is no time that a small dose of ammonia, tiny, will register that reading in a normal running reef tank with circulation, rocks, sand, fish and coral

If you were on seneye it would read .00x ppm nh3 not two ppm nh4, as that shows above. Tank pic for the win.

What reef tanks do with ammonia, and by when, is already known and we can relate that to your tank based on a picture, no cross verification is needed on other samples etc

We use tank pictures because they tell us if the system is cycled or not, using the life inside the reef as a tell

Any owner of a seneye knows that reading isn't possible in a cycled running reef tank. Non digital test kit owners will believe its possible until they buy a seneye, or read 100 seneye logs uploaded by seneye owners

 

[brandon429]

Can you take a test of your actual reef tank water and post that pic of the reading

That helps calibrate your kit above, we know what running reef tanks should read on that kit.

 

[Beuchat Verified Sponsor]

Hi, i double checked with a salifert test kit. It was a miss reading by the red sea

It was without any sense at all

thanks