WC for Total ammonia?

[Shilpan Patel]

Hey guys I’m quarantining a sailfin tang. It’s been in there for 2.5 weeks.
I’ve been using a SeaChem multi-test for the past 10 or so days, and I’ve consistently been getting, Total Ammonia: 0.05, and Free Ammonia: 0 (I got 0.01 yesterday but it’s 0 today).

I started dosing SeaChem stability a few days ago.

Should I be doing emergency water changes? Or only if I get free ammonia? I’m doing a regular water change every 10 days or so but that’s just to siphon debris. The fish is totally fine, eating very well in cupramine. It’s also stopped being skittish.

I’m just a bit confused on how to respond to this because I’ve never been able to test FreeVsTotal before...is it slowly building up to eventually harm my fish?

 

[TheEngineer]

My understanding is that the presence of copper will throw your ammonia test off. The SeaChem alert badges do still function with copper though. Maybe @4FordFamily @melypr1985 or @Humblefish can she’s some light.

 

[Shilpan Patel]

Both the SeaChem ammonia alert and SeaChem multi-test will show accurate readings with cupramine

 

[Shilpan Patel]

Also what I would like to know from any of those experts is my question on the other thread “theoretically 9 days of cupramine for ich” (thank you, and only if you have time of course!)

 

[Shilpan Patel]

Thank you Humblefish!