Ammonia Differences Between Test Kits

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(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)
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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
 
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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.
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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