Seachem ammonia alert badge

[GoldeneyeRet]

I have used these for years in qt tanks and have never had any problems with them, until recently.

I used two new badges on a newly set up qt and they both showed grey. I added fish and after a few days they both stayed grey. I purchased two new ones from different vendors, same result, grey badges.

Has anyone else had this happen? Did these badges change?

 

[melypr1985]

it shouldn't be grey, it should be yellow. You've had four badges that were grey in the center instead of yellow? What kind of lighting are you viewing them in?

 

[Humblefish]

it shouldn't be grey, it should be yellow. You've had four badges that were grey in the center instead of yellow? What kind of lighting are you viewing them in?

+1 I've never seen an ammonia alert badge turn grey. Defect perhaps? Are you sure its not the pH badge?

 

[foxt]

I have had a case where the badge failed to indicate ammonia one morning, and the naso tang that I had in QT was struggling. After checking almost everything else, I checked ammonia, and it had spiked. The badge never showed anything. Maybe it was a bad badge (fresh from amazon) but since then, I don’t trust them. Me, I “don’t need no stinking badges” ...

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

I know it shouldn't be gray. Have used them many times before and never had any reliability issues.

Emailed seachem waiting for a response

 

[TheEngineer]

Does it still look grey if you light it from behind?

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

Yep it did.

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

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[GoldeneyeRet]

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[Big G]

I “don’t need no stinking badges”

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

That's hillarious!

 

[Big G]

That's hillarious!

Treasure of Sierra Madre. One of the best flicks, ever.

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

Seen it a hundred times!

 

[4FordFamily]

I too have used these for years without this occurrence. I’d be curious to hear what you learn!