Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] OK, Talked to Dr. Tim again....

Hi Connie,
i have always had tanks read 0 or near 0 ammonia when they are cycled. I have never had them read 2 ppms when they were fully cycled. I use Amquel Plus but it also gives a false reading in amounts never that it is there.

I guess I would stop using it and wait for it to read 0 before you add any fish.

Donna

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> From: Connie Watson <clw51@cox.net>
>To: Tropical Fish Club <tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 1:58 PM
>Subject: [tropical fish club] OK, Talked to Dr. Tim again....
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>Thanks, Donna, for the advice to call Dr. Tim again. He was very nice and
>informative.
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>Dr. Tim says the tank has cycled and with me using Prime that is causing the
>false ammonia readings with both the Seachem and API test kits.
>He said that the key is that since I have no Nitrites and good Nitrates that
>the tank has cycled, and with the fish doing fine that is another sign the
>tank has cycled.
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>He said if I stopped using Prime as my de-chlorinator that after a few weeks
>of PWC the Ammonia would show as zero when all the Prime is gone from the
>water. He said this is a very common thing that goes on with people who use
>Prime and the API test kits and the seachem test kit. We know my seachem
>tests are messed up because the Free Ammonia never shows as it should at 0.
>And I have been using 2 tsp Prime every other day thinking I had bad ammonia
>in the tank....so my tank has a lot of Prime in it.
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>Don't know if any of you have had this false positive ammonia test with the
>Prime and the API test kit. But that is what Dr. Tim said and I tend to
>agree with him since the Nitrites have been at 0 for 5 days now.
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>So now I might be able to add another fish or two! Yeah!!!
>
>Connie
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