Ammonia Differences Between Test Kits

[Garf]

(Also, if you ever kept freshwater tanks, you probably remember that you can leave a bucket of tap water out overnight and the next day, the chlorine is gone... In a tank without livestock, you can essentially just let the chlorine dissipate on its own -- if there's just a little)

Keep 'em coming though, I wanna get to 5K posts by the end of the weekend

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I know it doesn't do what it claims, except dechlorinate. I didn't say that, lol. I said it falsely reduced test kit readings for total ammonia a little. We are in agreement.

if you say so. I don't think it reduces test kit readings at all

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Keep 'em coming though, I wanna get to 5K posts by the end of the weekend

And the ignore button comes in handy once again.

 

[FatPoseidon]

No worries. Just trust the badge over the kits. Is there anything alive in the tank? If not, just let the bacteria do its job and be patient

Nah nothing in the tank yet - run it like bbq, slow and low. just a weird observation that I hadn't seen or heard of before. Didn't know if Seachem changed something on the badge. Guess I need to stop and read the directions more than once a decade.

 

[Malcontent]

It's supposed to reduce the total ammonia readings (falsely) a little, that's all, as far as I'm aware.

A long time ago, I tested ammonia with a Hach colorimeter before and after Prime and saw a "reduction" by a few hundredths. I don't recall if I was using the 5X "ammonia" dose or not though.

 

[Garf]

if you say so. I don't think it reduces test kit readings at all

Yes, it's supposed to.

A long time ago, I tested ammonia with a Hach colorimeter before and after Prime and saw a "reduction" by a few hundredths. I don't recall if I was using the 5X "ammonia" dose or not though.

@taricha knows more about this than I.

 

[Garf]

And the ignore button comes in handy once again.

A little harsh for accurate information, don't you think?

 

[Dan_P]

if you say so. I don't think it reduces test kit readings at all

The salicylate ammonia test kits we use contain chlorine

 

[Garf]

The salicylate ammonia test kits we use contain chlorine

This chemistry stuff is very complicated, lol

 

[PotatoPig]

I thought the badge tested only for total ammonia, same as the Red Sea kit.
ph is currently at 8.0 @ 77 degrees

No. I found this recently with a QT tank running Coppersafe. The Coppersafe is an Amine compound (NH3 IIRC) bound to the Copper in some fashion.

The total ammonia test I have showed high ammonia because it was detecting the ammonia part of the compound while the Seachem badge showed only the safe zone yellow.