I recently had a fish in QT. He had ick so I was treating him with Chloroquine Phosphate.
The ammonia badge was reading ammonia, so I put in some prime. It was a 20G long with 15 gallons of water. I did a 5G water change, no change on the badge. I tested the water with the seachem ammonia test (which I think is just smaller versions of the badge). The test showed zero free ammonia after 30 minutes.
The next day, the badge was still reading ammonia. I did a 10g water change (66%), no change on the badge!! The ammonia test again showed no ammonia! I used 2 discs in each cup from a brand new kit.
The fish was showing symptoms of ammonia, again I added prime and changed another 10G. Again, no change on the badge, test shows zero.
The fish ended up passing away . I'm not sure if it was ammonia or a bacterial infection (I'm leaning towards bacterial because he had stuff on his skin)
My question is, how can the badge and the ammonia test be so different??
The ammonia badge was reading ammonia, so I put in some prime. It was a 20G long with 15 gallons of water. I did a 5G water change, no change on the badge. I tested the water with the seachem ammonia test (which I think is just smaller versions of the badge). The test showed zero free ammonia after 30 minutes.
The next day, the badge was still reading ammonia. I did a 10g water change (66%), no change on the badge!! The ammonia test again showed no ammonia! I used 2 discs in each cup from a brand new kit.
The fish was showing symptoms of ammonia, again I added prime and changed another 10G. Again, no change on the badge, test shows zero.
The fish ended up passing away . I'm not sure if it was ammonia or a bacterial infection (I'm leaning towards bacterial because he had stuff on his skin)
My question is, how can the badge and the ammonia test be so different??