I have had this annoying "ammonia spike" of 0.25ppm for a week now maybe a little over a week and I have treated with zeolite crystals (which claim to remove ammonia), Prime to detox the ammonia, Stability to boost my bio filter and done 12 gals of water changes. (i have a 20gal long). The **** tank still reads at 0.25!!!! Everything in my tank is thriving though. My 2 clowns, Trumpet coral, Duncan, Zoas, and Hermits.
I feel there is no way that my tank really does have this consistent spike for this long with all of these treatments. To my knowledge I should have seen some sign of improvement by now. What do y'all think? I think my ammonia test is malfunctioning.
they are good for showing big changes like a large dead fish in the rocks. its great biologically that you doubted the test after taking the recourse, that was right unless there are unstated factors at play. per google, its prob just to low end for the test to read correctly, or our eyes sometimes dont tell the diff between light green yellow etc
an even better doubt is that none of the treatments were needed, and they werent harmful either. api causes the most unneeded tank actions of any kit known to mankind. I have jumped in reef cycling threads that were going on 5 months only to tell them their tank was ready on day 1 because they used arrive alive wet pack fiji pink sand and purple coralline aged live rock.
this was a neat example of biology being more reliable for your needs than test kits. ammonia hardly occurs in cycled tank
Have you guys ever seen one of your fish have a seizure? I just witnessed my smaller clown twitch awkwardly and then start swimming normally. It was only for a second or 2.
Clowns do that to show submission.. Don't worry there. Everyone will chim in saying theirs does it too. Youll come to find clowns have some big personalities.
I forgot you were using the API kit! Glad it's been straightened out. You should invest in Salifert or there are a few other good ones. I like Red Sea but I also use the API kits and I'm waiting for them to run out.
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