When my waters yellow or hazy. Lol!
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You do actually gain something from knowing if a tank can handle 2ppm ammonia. That is the general consensus of how much ammonia a full stocked tank will produce daily, so 2ppm converts to whatever fish (essentially) you'd plan to stock a tank with.Why would you care. New tank so it is little. Just go slow.
would 2ppm convert to 3 damsels or 1ppm to 1 clown? At a new tank early stage I think it is irrelevant. You gain nothing by knowing I can handle 2ppm. You will still put in only 1-3 fish in the first few weeks after cycle is configured and only build it up slowly over weeks/months. Well if you have done your homework anyway.
Or it can point out issues that one might not otherwise have picked up on. I am currently cycling a tank and it is rather experimental: I only have MarinePure gems as biomedia and nothing else (rock, sand, etc.), and they were all in the display. Initially they were able to handle a large amount of ammonia, but over time this stopped.Haven't owned an ammonia test in over a decade.
If you have to test for ammonia you are either in too much of a hurry in terms of cycling, dont understand cycling or just like testing.
I guess it is. Here I am just curious about everything, but I suppose I should reel it in a little bit.Water chemistrys a touchy subject these days. Lol
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Thanks for voting. Yeah I am just curious and wanted to see what everyone really used. I kinda still measure ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate for my main tank but... does seem very unnecessary when everything comes out reading 0 anyways. >_<" XDI voted API since it is the only ammonia test that I own. Like many others I don't test ammonia and only did during my cycle, but even then I knew not to trust the API test. So for me testing it even then was probably pointless since I disregarded the results anyway.
It's kinda ironic that all I have is API because I have been on several threads complaining about and completely bashing API, lol. But I have seen too many threads where new reefers have an issue with their tank, test ammonia with API, see a slight amount of ammonia and do way more damage than good to their tank trying to fix their non-existant ammonia issue.Thanks for voting. Yeah I am just curious and wanted to see what everyone really used. I kinda still measure ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate for my main tank but... does seem very unnecessary when everything comes out reading 0 anyways. >_<" XD
Oh yeah I presume it's fine in my case because I still feed heavily. It seems like it is just because I have so much algae of so many different varieties that they just uptake all the nitrate. Though I presume 1. given the heavy feeding, there is still plenty of nutrients for the corals, and 2. given that I use the nitrate test kit, it's probably not exactly 0 anyways. XDIt's kinda ironic that all I have is API because I have been on several threads complaining about and completely bashing API, lol. But I have seen too many threads where new reefers have an issue with their tank, test ammonia with API, see a slight amount of ammonia and do way more damage than good to their tank trying to fix their non-existant ammonia issue.
Btw you don't want to have a reading of 0 for Nitrate.
While I'm sure technically true you still don't want to maintain an undetectable level of nitrate. Mine stays around 1 and it still makes me a little nervous.Its not 0. Its undetectable.
Its below 1... 0= >1
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Yeah tbf I am somewhat nervous. The corals and anemone are growing though, so at this point in time I am more inclined to not do anything about it, but it is something I monitor. Also arguments against measuring all the time I suppose, seeing that 'the health and growth of your live stock' reflects the true situation when it comes to parameters, or something along those lines.While I'm sure technically true you still don't want to maintain an undetectable level of nitrate. Mine stays around 1 and it still makes me a little nervous.
You're probably correct, if it is being consumed then having a low level is probably okay. I guess ultimately of the corals are doing well then it isn't an issue.Yeah tbf I am somewhat nervous. The corals and anemone are growing though, so at this point in time I am more inclined to not do anything about it, but it is something I monitor. Also arguments against measuring all the time I suppose, seeing that 'the health and growth of your live stock' reflects the true situation when it comes to parameters, or something along those lines.
I am thinking just, why not both. XD Measure and watch, take a breath before taking any action, but take action if need be.
Yeah, but thanks for your concern nonetheless! ^_^You're probably correct, if it is being consumed then having a low level is probably okay. I guess ultimately of the corals are doing well then it isn't an issue.