[Ammonia test strip with fishless cycle]

On 6/15/2021 at 8:59 PM, Cory said:

I wonder if this is a case of Dr tim's product having a problem? On this other reef forum, people are having problems with ammonia being way too high from it. The directions look to be the same still. I'm wondering if you were to put less ammonia in to say a 1 liter, and then test with our strip if it would then read correctly.

Lots of test strips geek out when something is way out of parameter.  The api test kit shows at least 8, but it could be higher then that even.  If I find some time, I may run this test myself. I'm not a fan of fishless cycling, but info like this could be helpful for those who do it in the future.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dr-employee monitoring-chloride-4-drops-per-gallon-is-wrong.325708/

I just experienced the same, my ammonia is off the charts with the recommended dosing.

What's the recommended path forward? 75%water change or just let the bacteria munch a little longer?

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Hi, my name is Gomez!

I live in Chicago now.

I am interested in exploring new things, Watching basketball, I also play ukulele a little. Recently I set up a 100 liter aquarium in the kitchen and slowly fill it with residents. Now I have a flock of barbs, 2 catfish, and I also want to buy cichlids. Maybe someone else can advise you to settle with barbs?

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