Ammonia Showing

[cambojnr]

did a 10% water change and tested again and still same results of 0.10-0.25ppm ammonia and 0 nitrite, I think it might be my eyes though as took a sample of water from my old tank that has no fish our anything in it and the ammonia sample looked the exact same colour to me.

 

[Aqua Tom]

Its a small tank so easy enough to do a massive water change. 10% isnt going to effect the readings much. Do a 90% water change & test again.

Tom

 

[the_lock_man]

Its a small tank so easy enough to do a massive water change. 10% isnt going to effect the readings much. Do a 90% water change & test again.

Tom

Tom's right, a 10% change isn't going to change a great deal. But before you do the 90% change, let's just consider this

I think it might be my eyes though as took a sample of water from my old tank that has no fish our anything in it and the ammonia sample looked the exact same colour to me.

Are you using the API liquid kit, and are you viewing the results under artificial light? There have been a lot of instances of false positives from the API ammonia kit, when read under artificial light. If you have anywhere that has flourescent bulbs, or can take the test outside and view under sunlight, does it still look the same?

 

[cambojnr]

when I went outside it looks yellow but still a little bit green cause I got a second opinion and they say it looks more yellow than green so am not sure, but am going out now and dont have time to do a huge water change until tomorrow i'll check the water tomorrow then see what happens

 

[cambojnr]

I took the plec back to the store nearly a week ago and for some reason my test kit is still showing about 0.10ppm ammonia 0 nitrite and 5ppm nitrate, the tank has only got 7 neons in it now and 3 plant an anubai and some long grassy plants, i didint test until today cause been busy and have not had time, but i've did a 20% water change and will be doing that every day now for the rest of the week. as changing 90% seems like a hassle and I dont want to risk losing any bacteria that I already dont have enough of, even though the filter I have the marina s15 cycled in a month with 4 shubunkin goldfish so how it cant catch up to 7 neons in a week is annoying. should I just continue with 20% each day and see what happens.

 

[the_lock_man]

How are you getting an accurate enough reading to get down to 0.10ppm? It's hard enough to tell 0ppm from 0.25ppm.

 

[cambojnr]

How are you getting an accurate enough reading to get down to 0.10ppm? It's hard enough to tell 0ppm from 0.25ppm.

well its not yellow and its not completley light green so am just guessing it gonna be around that so from 0.10ppm to 0.15ppm probs as it is definetley not the full green colour.

 

[the_lock_man]

I'd assume it's 0ppm - if it ain't green enough for 0.25ppm, and based on your other evidence, I wouldn't be overly concerned.