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Your Guide to Ammonia Toxicity
The API test kit reads total ammonia, both NH3 and NH4+. The numbers in the tables here are concerning NH3 ONLY. As it is the toxic form. If the threshold is indeed 0.0025, the tables should be fixed! If it is 0.0025, there is supposed to be a lot more yellow- jp1
- Post #34
- Forum: Freshwater & Brackish - General Discussion
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Your Guide to Ammonia Toxicity
free ammonia threshold of 0.0025 ppm? It's mentioned in the first post that the threshold for free ammonia (NH3) is 0.0025... so shouldn't the yellow on the charts begin at 0.25ppm, 82F, pH 7.2? Right now I think yellow begins at 0.025 ppm free ammonia on the charts.. Maybe the threshold is...- jp1
- Post #31
- Forum: Freshwater & Brackish - General Discussion