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Ok everyone I posted on my local R2R club forum with no answers so hopefully you guys can help me out.
My LFS told me I had an ammonia reading in my tank of .025ppm and I found this odd but I hadn't tested for ammonia since my tank first cycled about 9 months ago. So I tested my tank and got a reading of about .25 it was a little under but the API test kit did not show clear yellow green like when I tested tap water.
My tap water read .00ppm and so did my RODI water. So I tested fresh mixed RODI and got .25
I am using IO reef crystals. This is with faucet temperature water immediately after mixing and I tested after 24 hours of mixing with a powerhead. I tried using Tropic Marin and got the same result. Is this a false reading or is some type of interaction causing ammonia?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you!!!
My LFS told me I had an ammonia reading in my tank of .025ppm and I found this odd but I hadn't tested for ammonia since my tank first cycled about 9 months ago. So I tested my tank and got a reading of about .25 it was a little under but the API test kit did not show clear yellow green like when I tested tap water.
My tap water read .00ppm and so did my RODI water. So I tested fresh mixed RODI and got .25
I am using IO reef crystals. This is with faucet temperature water immediately after mixing and I tested after 24 hours of mixing with a powerhead. I tried using Tropic Marin and got the same result. Is this a false reading or is some type of interaction causing ammonia?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you!!!