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I thought the oxydator would reduce ammonia.What were you wanting the oxydator to do?
Your concern is that ammonia is higher with it?
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I thought the oxydator would reduce ammonia.What were you wanting the oxydator to do?
Your concern is that ammonia is higher with it?
Yeah if the oxydator keeps my ammonia levels above 0 I won’t dose ammonium chloride. I have no idea what it’s doing but everything is looking happy with it so I’ll keep it running.I think there's a lot more and less that that oxydator does than is claimed on a molecular level.
Yeah if the oxydator keeps my ammonia levels above 0 I won’t dose ammonium chloride. I have no idea what it’s doing but everything is looking happy with it so I’ll keep it running.
So the Seneye ammonia readings are “trimmed” by the user to read what the user thinks it should read. Don’t seem very scientific to me, perhaps I’m just a sceptic but I think a calibration solution should be used.I guess it depends on whether you have confidence in the ammonia readings.
It might be speeding the breakdown of organics or killing of bacteria in the device.
It shouldn’t be that hard to calibrate it properly. Known amount of saltwater, temp, pH, ammonia, Bobs your uncle. Sure beats the hell out of doing nothing or guessing.this meter calibrates for change just fine, it benchmarks against restricted surface area qt in prior pages and two different reef displays back to thousandths
show me a better current meter used in a post on the board.
even if we want to debate bottom end tuning (against what, show it’s wrong, it’s within written nh3 specs for reefs) this meter above shows precise change and back to baseline...can’t just claim inaccuracy out of the blue either.
especially without posting a link where any aquarist on the board makes nh3 findings for cycle timing or reflections on activated surface area management with a clearer change indicator. Hach meter will do, show some data to refute findings here using hach nh3 meter and post that finding.
Jon
you have the baddest meter this side of tombstone arizona
I tried twice with one gallon of new saltwater and ammonium chloride. I got different readings both times. It’s probably just better to use the Seneye as a trend pattern rather than a precise number.It shouldn’t be that hard to calibrate it properly. Known amount of saltwater, temp, pH, ammonia, Bobs your uncle. Sure beats the hell out of doing nothing or guessing.
Jon has just evidenced inaccuracy, I don’t need to claim it. Can you understand why chemists, scientists etc would have a problem with this? I’m fine with it, I love a hobby experiment and folk who undertake them. Hats off to all hobby experimenters.this meter calibrates for change just fine, it benchmarks against restricted surface area qt in prior pages and two different reef displays back to thousandths
show me a better current meter used in a post on the board.
even if we want to debate bottom end tuning (against what, show it’s wrong, it’s within written nh3 specs for reefs) this meter above shows precise change and back to baseline...can’t just claim inaccuracy out of the blue either.
especially without posting a link where any aquarist on the board makes nh3 findings for cycle timing or reflections on activated surface area management with a clearer change indicator. Hach meter will do, show some data to refute findings here using hach nh3 meter and post that finding.
Jon
you have the baddest meter this side of tombstone arizona
Yeah I’m not a chemist, I’m a wood floor guy with a reef tank. I hope people don’t think I’m an expert.Jon has just evidenced inaccuracy, I don’t need to claim it. Can you understand why chemists, scientists etc would have a problem with this? I’m fine with it, I love a hobby experiment and folk who undertake them. Hats off to all hobby experimenters.
Why would we need a better way of measuring it? It’s inconsequential in a cycled tank isn’t it?
Makes sense as a substitute for adding a nitrate solution or loads of fish.I will say since I’ve been trying to keep ammonia above 0.001 on my Seneye corals and green algae are growing. Normally I’m really good at growing Dino so this is an improvement for me!!
18 fish fed at least four times a day might be my problem. Adding Neonitro and Neophos never got me to grow green algae like ammonium chloride. But then again it may be from something else I’ve done recently?Makes sense as a substitute for adding a nitrate solution or loads of fish.