Hey all,
Relative beginner here, I am having an issue that I think is just an issue with the test kit. I have a Biocube 32 that was cycled about three months ago and all levels have been fine until one day ammonia spiked to .50ppm (Using API). I started the tank using API and have slowly been upgrading to Hanna. I have done about a 10-15% water change for the last three days but the levels do not change (using API). The issue is I am waiting on the Hanna tester reagent to come in the mail. I used the last of my Hanna stuff on a Red Sea reefer 350 as it’s starting its cycle. I am confused on the spike and have seen in the past huge differences in the results between my Hanna and the API. Should I be doing anything different or what am I missing?
I have not added anything recently but coral and I have an in house plumed in RO/DI system. None of the livestock looks to be hurting or unhappy.
Biocube 32 equipment
- protein skimmer
-intank media/filter insert
-seachem Matrix
-carbon
-intank refugium
-chaeto
-hygger heaters
- galaxypods (added long before the livestock)
-Red Sea coral pro salt used
livestock
-1 DaVinci clown
-1 royal Gramma
-1 fire goby
-1 cleaner shrimp
-5 Small scarlet hermit crabs
-2 tiger conches
-5 snails
-2 turbo snails
-torch coral
-star polyps
-pulsating Xenia
-clove polyps-
-Duncan’s
Levels
Ammonia- .50 (API)
Nitrite- 0.00 (API)
Nitrate- 0.00 (API)
Phosphate- 0.00 (Hanna)
Calcium- 440 (API)
Alkalinity- 9.5 (Hanna)
Salinity - 1.025
Ph- 8.0 (API)
Temp- 77.5-78.9
Relative beginner here, I am having an issue that I think is just an issue with the test kit. I have a Biocube 32 that was cycled about three months ago and all levels have been fine until one day ammonia spiked to .50ppm (Using API). I started the tank using API and have slowly been upgrading to Hanna. I have done about a 10-15% water change for the last three days but the levels do not change (using API). The issue is I am waiting on the Hanna tester reagent to come in the mail. I used the last of my Hanna stuff on a Red Sea reefer 350 as it’s starting its cycle. I am confused on the spike and have seen in the past huge differences in the results between my Hanna and the API. Should I be doing anything different or what am I missing?
I have not added anything recently but coral and I have an in house plumed in RO/DI system. None of the livestock looks to be hurting or unhappy.
Biocube 32 equipment
- protein skimmer
-intank media/filter insert
-seachem Matrix
-carbon
-intank refugium
-chaeto
-hygger heaters
- galaxypods (added long before the livestock)
-Red Sea coral pro salt used
livestock
-1 DaVinci clown
-1 royal Gramma
-1 fire goby
-1 cleaner shrimp
-5 Small scarlet hermit crabs
-2 tiger conches
-5 snails
-2 turbo snails
-torch coral
-star polyps
-pulsating Xenia
-clove polyps-
-Duncan’s
Levels
Ammonia- .50 (API)
Nitrite- 0.00 (API)
Nitrate- 0.00 (API)
Phosphate- 0.00 (Hanna)
Calcium- 440 (API)
Alkalinity- 9.5 (Hanna)
Salinity - 1.025
Ph- 8.0 (API)
Temp- 77.5-78.9