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I prefer 24/7 It's not bad at all.This is unrelated to the thread but is it bad to leave your skimmer run 24/7? I don't ever turn mine off, but should I be?
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I prefer 24/7 It's not bad at all.This is unrelated to the thread but is it bad to leave your skimmer run 24/7? I don't ever turn mine off, but should I be?
This is unrelated to the thread but is it bad to leave your skimmer run 24/7? I don't ever turn mine off, but should I be?
I prefer 24/7 It's not bad at all.
I wouldn't shut it off at night. Night is when you most want the aeration to keep up O2 and minimize a low pH minimum.
no used to leave it off at night aswell kept having phantom ammonia on badges (so now I don't use them or trust them). But then I turned it off for the night and tested it the day after BINGO found my ammonia sourceIs that an observation of yours or something you read?
Lol awe! I hope you do as well! Thanks again for your help!made my day ^ hope u all had a great week
You could always just try running your system without a protein skimmer and see how it reacts. You may find that you can keep up with your DOC's through water changes.I have removed the protein skimmer and have on craigslist for sale. I will need to purchase a better one that isn't so loud
Since the start of this thread we have found zero uncontrolled ammonia reefs, but new threads about free ammonia are posted daily. This exact trend continues to this day. Reef tanks cannot ever have ammonia hold at .25
in order to associate today’s most updated reef science regarding ammonia with this post, as well as evaluate previous claims, I’d link this thread:
Is anyone with a mindstream or seneye ammonia reader willing to co-fund a cycling experiment with me
Team Im wanting to offer to buy someone some cycling bacteria and two clownfish to track the effects of fish-in cycling. we want to see if it burns fish or not fish in cycling is absolutely on -fire taking off, can't be debate its a million dollar industry and nobody has bothered to spot...www.reef2reef.com
the hobby has an ongoing, decades long issue identifying how reef tanks control ammonia. What seneye has done for the hobby is revolutionary
reef tank cycles do not stall out, we have not seen one stalled cycle since 2017 when this thread began.
I'm not sure that the Seachem Prime is having an impact on the Ammonia test kit. I think it is more likely that something the Prime is reacting with is causing the ammonia reading.Hello I am new here.
I just got some ammonia readings from my fairly new brackish tank (just completed cycling for a little over a month at SG1.003) today so I searched for info online and found this thread.
Just want to share my findings here.
I was using Salifert Ammonia Kit (the newer one which measures NH3+NH4). After water change and dosing prime with stability, the ammonia readings immediately went off the charts which scared the hell out of me as everything seemed normal before. I thought my cycle crashed.
So I performed the ammonia test step by step again in the hope of identifying which part went wrong.
I tested in the following sequence
1)fresh water directly from the tap, 0 reading
2)adding marine salt until SG reached 1.003, same 0 reading
3)added Seachem Prime, reading immediately went off the chart
So maybe Seachem Prime really does have some effect on Ammonia Test Kits I think.
I'm not sure that the Seachem Prime is having an impact on the Ammonia test kit. I think it is more likely that something the Prime is reacting with is causing the ammonia reading.
For instance, Chloramine won't show up on an ammonia test kit but if you add Prime it breaks down into ammonia.