Would this work - take some tap water, test it for ammonia. Put in prime and test again. Will it show false positive ammonia?
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On Oct 28, 2012, at 4:25 PM, sevenspringss@wmconnect.com wrote:
Connie,
Of course, Dr. Tim is a much better expert than both of us, but I'd just
like to mention that a zero or near-zero nitrite reading would really not
necessarily indicate that the tank is cycled. It would just mean that the
nitrtite-eating bacteria have populated enough to take care of all the ammonia
that's being eaten and converted into nitrite. This may be a relatively small
population of nitrite-eating bacteria, especially if relatively little
ammonia is being converted into nitrite -- as might "appear" to the the case
here (if your high ammonia readings are actually true).
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