High ammonia
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All other parameters are perfect. Is this high? Hard for me to pinpoint.
0.6 ppm
All other parameters are perfect. Is this high? Hard for me to pinpoint.
Biglew11
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Is total amonia nh3 nh4 or does this measure free amonia only? .6ppm total amonia is very low almost no free amonia, the bad stuff. While .6 ppm free amonia would be quite toxic and be concerning.
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Sailaway
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Let me check real quick, this is a cycled tank. It’s been cycled 3 weeks now, with diatoms first appearing in the past few days. Everything else is perfect and salinity has been a consistent 1.026. nitrites we’re up last week but are finally at 0.
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Sailaway
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It’s been cycling almost 3 1/2 weeks. added bacteria the first week, live sand, live rock, protein skimmer has been running and is finally dialed in perfectly. Diatoms showed up just barely on the sand yesterday.
kingoftheHiLLpeople
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I havent the foggiest. In all honesty ive never seen a fluval test kit.
Not sure what to take from this. I also did a 10% water change today.
kingoftheHiLLpeople
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Stupid question - is that test kit a fresh and saltwater kit?
kingoftheHiLLpeople
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That was a stupid question - i see that now on that pic of instruction you posted
Rmckoy
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If I’m not mistaken the api saltwater test kit identification cards say salt and freshwater
Using the same colour chart for both .
no matter what either it’s a testing error or there is ammonia in the system . Both warrant retesting with a reliable test kit .
