LA Salt - Ammonia?

[Dugless]

Anybody have a similar experience with Liveaquaria salt mixing fresh and registering ammonia? I'm measuring .5ppm in a clean Brute.

 

[James M]

Might be a bad batch but the api test kits seem to mess up a lot

 

[cmcoker]

Checked your rodi? I've had ammonia test positive when chloramines were breaking through

 

[Gareth elliott]

.25 ime is a common result on the api test kit even when the actual is 0. If truly think there is ammonia take a sample of the newly made water in a washed and sterilized container(would not use quaternary ammonium lol)
Test after time has passed for nitrate and nitrite.

But i doubt the ammonia just based on the color you have and getting the same exact result often in salt water.

 

[Steven La Torre]

When i started out i purchased a large bag of the LA salt as well and came across the same exact thing. Then again i was using the api test kit as well. I did test just my ro water and it came up at zero. It wasn’t until i mixed that i ran into this same issue. I was using it for small water changes so once i used it up i changed to RPM salt.

 

[Dugless]

Test kit is fine. I ran a secondary test on the display with no green, just yellow.

 

[davocean]

I'm not certain on that particular salt mix, but I'm pretty sure some may show amo at initial mixing, and may say not to use immediately for that reason.

 

[PDR]

When i started out i purchased a large bag of the LA salt as well and came across the same exact thing. Then again i was using the api test kit as well. I did test just my ro water and it came up at zero. It wasn’t until i mixed that i ran into this same issue. I was using it for small water changes so once i used it up i changed to RPM salt.

Just FYI, it is highly suspected that Fritz makes the LA salt, so you may want to check your new salt as well.

 

[Dugless]

I let the water aerate for 24hrs and it still registers .5ppm. Tested my RO source water at 0ppm and 0 tds. LA response was ‘We have had no issues with our salt at this time.’ Seemed like an odd response considering it was the last box I had from an order when it first released over a year ago.

 

[PDR]

I let the water aerate for 24hrs and it still registers .5ppm. Tested my RO source water at 0ppm and 0 tds. LA response was ‘We have had no issues with our salt at this time.’ Seemed like an odd response considering it was the last box I had from an order when it first released over a year ago.

Yeah I had some different issues with my LA salt and the customer service was severely lacking imo. I haven’t changed any water in almost 3 weeks, haven’t dosed anything and my Ca is still over 500 and Mg over 1500.

The price was good, but that’s about it.