Anyone have false readings with Stress Coat?

[Luvbugz]

I keep having small ammonia readings in my tanks (.25ish) . None of the fishies are acting stressed or abnormal (at least to my eye). I am doing like 25% water changes everyday. The level isn't going down. I am all clear on nitrite readings. I am wondering if this is just a false reading due to the stress coat.. It is already kinda greenish in the bottle. Would that effect my reading or do I really have a slight ammonia spike??

[Luvbugz]

BTW I think I should just invest in some discus with the amount of water changes I am doing ;)

[davexstumpe]

i use stress coat and i still have 0 readings for ammo and nitrite. so i dont think that would be the problem.

anything else you were using? i know some stuff that removes ammonia and nitrite could cause false readings, but i dont think its stress coat.

also, what type of tests do you use? liquid, strips?

[H3D]

Stress coat should not effect your readings. Maybe your test is bad.

[Weezer]

I use stress coat once in a while and it does'nt seem to affect the readings...:)

[Luvbugz]

hmmmm... I did accidently put the cap from the nitrite test chemicals on one of the ammonia test chemical bottles. After I noticed the blueish tinge to the top of the ammonia bottle I washed off and thought it would be okay.. Hmmm.. Maybe I should buy some new chemicals and see if that makes a difference or take a sample in to be tested. Thanks for your answers :)

[H3D]

Maybe I should buy some new chemicals and see if that makes a difference or take a sample in to be tested.

You could also have LFS test some water to see if they get the same redults.

[Mocha Jive]

Yeah the easiest way to find out if your test equipment is working fine is to bring a sample in to your LFS to have it tested.