Ammonia Level Reading

[bronzecat]

I think that judging from the OP's thread in "corals" section, their inverts are already suffering.

 

[Underwurlde]

I think (HOPE) he's a factor of 10 out & meant to say 0.0081ppm (toxic) ammonia. That is still bl00dy high though, but not lethal....

Andy

 

[TigerIssey]

No I think thats what he meant, if saltwater test has same chart as freshwater but different colour chart, it only goes to 2 decimal places not 3. If chart the same the readings in my post above that give 0.08 are correct, ie pH 7.8 ammonia reading 2.4 giving 0.08.

 

[n3ont3tra]

Ohkay. So it's toxic ammonia he was posting. I thought it was 'regular', in which case it was relatively low. But since it's toxic, then the 'regular' ammonia reading TigerIssey posted, 2.4, is pretty high. He better do something fast.

 

[TigerIssey]

One of my posts has gone missing.

I reread the instructions. I have not needed to use f/w ammonia test kit for quite a while now.

The number chart is just to tell you how toxic the ammonia is.
To have a reading of 0.08 he either has

pH 7.8 = ammonia 2.4mg/l
pH 7.6 = ammonia 3.7mg/l

The number chart does have colour coded red amber and green boxes, I presume toxic levels would be lower in saltwater fish than freshwater due to the sesitivity of salwater fish and invertebrates to ammonia and other water chemistry.

 

[charles bentley]

After doing the ammonia test that resulted in 0.1ppm it tells you to divide it by 1.22 for some reason and that equils 0.08ppm, i arnt sure why you do this tho or what it actualiy means.

 

[TigerIssey]

Is it a 2 part ammonia test kit?? and Nutrafin yes.
Any chance of a copy of the instructions at all??

 

[charles bentley]

ye its nutrafin master test kit. Its only a one part test tho, you add 5ml of the water ant 3 diferent chemicals. them leave for 20 mins and thats it. i can try find some online if not when i am at home tommorow i will upload some pics of it.

 

[TigerIssey]

its a three part test if you add 3 chemicals. Not sure why you divide by 1.22.

most people use salifert you see as they are more accurate. I made a mistake and got api for pH, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate and have already replaced the nitrite with salifert as they are so much better for saltwater.

I will have a look see if anything on net. May be an idea to get lfs to double check results for you.

 

[charles bentley]

im looking on net aswell naw, the fish seem so fit thats the only reason why I am still questioning it. the only other thing i have ntised the wrasse in my tank sometimes rubs its self on the rock, and rarley so does the tang but the pyjama cardinal does not. is that a bad sign? i thougt it was

 

[charles bentley]

the other thing i only just rememberd is that i changed a part of the filter, you know the little black bits in them bags I think its the Carbon bags.

 

[TigerIssey]

do you notice any redness around the gills??
are there any white specks that look like a sprinkling of salt??
any glancing or rapid darting?
any gasping at the surface??

 

[charles bentley]

no none of that, they look 100% fit.

 

[TigerIssey]

I went on to nutrafin web site, not there to download. Is the master test kit definately suitable for saltwater??
Can you get samples tested tommorrow and get the lfs to write the results down for you so that you have figures. Insist on this. The two tests it shows on website under products both use the same number chart you see, am really wondering why you divide by 1.22. Most other test kits are done in 3-5 mins aswell, even my 2 part F/W Nutrafin ammonia test.

Keep an eye on the fish, only reason I say this is that Tangs are susceptible to white spot and white spot tends to bcome apparent when water conditions are not good. That flicking on the rocks is a tell tale sign. Be very vigilant and watch like a hawk to see if you get any salty grain spots appear, look at fins first, they seem to go there first.

Can you tell us exactly what inverts you have aswell, if white spot does break out, there are certain meds to be avoided. Face that if it happens.

 

[charles bentley]

i have a dancing shrimp thats all for inverts


yes the test is defintly for saltwater