Need help about ammonia

[Thrill08]

OK I have a 75 gallon tank and a new sump I made out of a 29 gallon tank. The sump have been running for about a month and on side note I cured all my silicone for over a week. OK now to the problem I check my parameters weekly if not every other day. I have trace amount of ammonia like .25 I think using api. How is that if every things else in check. Please help. Here are my parameters for my tank and the tank been running for about a year. No die off or anything coral or fish.
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Phosphate 0
Ph 8.2 to 8.4
Calcium 420
Kph 10 to 12

 

[DDenny]

You are probably at 0 API is inaccurate at best. Did you ever test a spike in nitrites or nitrates? If your using API for everything else I would look at a better test kits. Salifert, Red Sea, Hanna etc.

 

[Jekyl]

Throw out your API tests and get salifert. That or confirm with your LFS if they use something other than API

 

[Born2beblack]

Salifert, red sea or hann..
Heck you can stick your face in the tank and probs test it better.

All jokes aside
Api are very bad for false reading And will cause you more troubles

 

[CrimsonTide]

Second everything above. I'm not sure where more ammonia would come from with what you have said here. It may be new test kit time.

 

[Thrill08]

You are probably at 0 API is inaccurate at best. Did you ever test a spike in nitrites or nitrates? If your using API for everything else I would look at a better test kits. Salifert, Red Sea, Hanna etc.

Thank you I was thinking the same thing

 

[Thrill08]

Second everything above. I'm not sure where more ammonia would come from with what you have said here. It may be new test kit time.

Thank you

 

[CrimsonTide]

Second thought.... do you usually have a zero reading when you check ammonia?

 

[Azedenkae]

OK I have a 75 gallon tank and a new sump I made out of a 29 gallon tank. The sump have been running for about a month and on side note I cured all my silicone for over a week. OK now to the problem I check my parameters weekly if not every other day. I have trace amount of ammonia like .25 I think using api. How is that if every things else in check. Please help. Here are my parameters for my tank and the tank been running for about a year. No die off or anything coral or fish.
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Phosphate 0
Ph 8.2 to 8.4
Calcium 420
Kph 10 to 12

My theory has been that for some aquariums, there is always a baseline amount of ammonia produced that is not immediately consumed by nitrifiers and hence measurable, but is not actually harm anything. That is why a lot of people may measure 0ppm originally, or even during the cycle, but then when it comes to actually have things in the tank, suddenly it always is 0.25ppm. Which imo is also probably not 0.25ppm, just like a very small number between 0 and 0.25ppm.

 

[Thrill08]

Second thought.... do you usually have a zero reading when you check ammonia?

No always trace amounts

 

[CrimsonTide]

No always trace amounts

Ok if it is always trace amounts i think the answer is new test kit.