dskidmore
Aquarium Advice Addict
We all know that the dropper kits are more accurate than test strips, but I still use test strips for thier convienience with my work aquarium. My ammonia reading never reached 0 on an obviously cycled aquarium. I thought I'd send off a healthy complaint letter to Jungle, and this was thier reply:
This confirms what we all know, that test strips are really only good for ballpark figures.You are not doing anything incorrectly. The color pads can vary a little in their hue depending on conditions when they were produced. The test strips are designed to show whether the ammonia level in tank water is safe. I would not worry at all about an ammonia reading of .1 ppm. Even an ammonia level of .25 ppm is still considered safe.