Noviceafter2yea
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After much advice and research, it turns out my tap water has ammonia in it which was why I was getting positive ammonia results despite many water changes, sometimes twice a day.
I use prime and many people on this site explained that prime will not reduce my ammonia readings because it doesn't distinguish between the toxic ammonia and not so toxic ammonia.
Someone suggested buying an ammonia alert/detector which reads the free (bad) ammonia. Sounds like a good idea, but it seems they have questionable efficacy. There were also comments about its compatibility with certain ph levels.
My ph has been holding steady at 7.4
I was thinking of getting the sticker/suction kind which is only $8. Is there a different type of detector that uses cartridges or something like that? If so, does it yield better results?
I use prime and many people on this site explained that prime will not reduce my ammonia readings because it doesn't distinguish between the toxic ammonia and not so toxic ammonia.
Someone suggested buying an ammonia alert/detector which reads the free (bad) ammonia. Sounds like a good idea, but it seems they have questionable efficacy. There were also comments about its compatibility with certain ph levels.
My ph has been holding steady at 7.4
I was thinking of getting the sticker/suction kind which is only $8. Is there a different type of detector that uses cartridges or something like that? If so, does it yield better results?