Hi Guys
I've been doing some poking around regarding the use of Prime water conditioner and the API test kits that test for Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate and found out a few interesting facts. When testing water treated with prime with API test kits for the above mentioned compounds the resulting color produced by the kit isn't an actual representation of the concentration in the water making it extremely difficult to identify what is causing a problem. IE a test for nitrates may yield a color identity of 0 ppm when there is actually 20 to 30 ppm of nitrates in your water. This same symptom also applies to the other tests ammonia and nitrites.
Was or is anyone aware of this?
I've been doing some poking around regarding the use of Prime water conditioner and the API test kits that test for Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate and found out a few interesting facts. When testing water treated with prime with API test kits for the above mentioned compounds the resulting color produced by the kit isn't an actual representation of the concentration in the water making it extremely difficult to identify what is causing a problem. IE a test for nitrates may yield a color identity of 0 ppm when there is actually 20 to 30 ppm of nitrates in your water. This same symptom also applies to the other tests ammonia and nitrites.
Was or is anyone aware of this?