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So I’m having this problem and I just lost two fish. I have this qt going and before I added copper I was having ammonia problems. I gave it a few weeks for bio filter and pretty much daily water changes. I was using Red Sea ammonia kit. When it seemed I could go 3 days and there was still zero ammonia I added a sea chem badge and started dosing copper. From what I read, I can’t use Red Sea kit when copper is in place because it gives false readings. Well day two fish were swimming in to the surface and day three they were laying on side( midas, leopard wrasse). They were in the qt for two weeks doing great eating etc not acting weird). I fed 3 times the third day because the badge was not showing any ammonia and by the 4th day two were dead. I’m positive it was ammonia because I had this problem before months ago.
I’m confused because I even tested the badge over windex bottle and it changed immediately in color. I feel I can’t trust this badge. So how do I know when there is ammonia if there is no way to test with copper in place ?
I’m confused because I even tested the badge over windex bottle and it changed immediately in color. I feel I can’t trust this badge. So how do I know when there is ammonia if there is no way to test with copper in place ?