So when using the test kit it will show the total amount of ammonia (toxic and detoxified) or the amount of toxic ammonia remaining?
Adding Live Rock To Established Tank
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So when using the test kit it will show the total amount of ammonia (toxic and detoxified) or the amount of toxic ammonia remaining?
Germanman
My fish are my babies
Catpicklesdog
Hindsight is a wonderful thing!
It does say on the side of the Amquel + bottle that you won't get a true reading using certain test kits because of a certian chemical in them. Unfortunately my bottle hasn't arrived yet so I can't quote but if you have a look it'll tell you which test kits not use.
I've used Amquel in the past and my tests still showed ammonia. I figured these were false readings, yet still a bit disturbing in my opinion.
Yea we got false readings. Ammonia is all gone now, just waiting for the deionizer to come in for the RO unit, because we just can't win with the water supply. First it's high nitrates, then it's ammonia in it. Man this is retarded.
The test kits measure the ammount of toxic ammonia in the water..I have never seen a test kit that measures "detoxified" ammonia..Seem's pointless to be testing for it to be honest...
Niko
Niko
Catpicklesdog
Hindsight is a wonderful thing!
Found the info now
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]AmQuel+ is compatible to use with all water quality test kits except for the ammonia test kit that uses Nessler reagents that read in shades of amber or yellow, and the oxygen test kit that uses Winkler reagents. Residual AmQuel+ and its reaction products are incompatible with the Nessler-and Winkler type reagents, resulting in false, high ammonia and low oxygen concentration readings. Ammonia test kits using salicylate-type reagents are appropriate for accurate test results. Excellent examples of high quality salicylate test kits with technical grade reagents are Kordon's AquaTru Test Kit #35970 for salt water and #35980 for fresh water. Any oxygen test kit other than those using Winkler's method is compatible with AmQuel+. "[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]AmQuel+ is compatible to use with all water quality test kits except for the ammonia test kit that uses Nessler reagents that read in shades of amber or yellow, and the oxygen test kit that uses Winkler reagents. Residual AmQuel+ and its reaction products are incompatible with the Nessler-and Winkler type reagents, resulting in false, high ammonia and low oxygen concentration readings. Ammonia test kits using salicylate-type reagents are appropriate for accurate test results. Excellent examples of high quality salicylate test kits with technical grade reagents are Kordon's AquaTru Test Kit #35970 for salt water and #35980 for fresh water. Any oxygen test kit other than those using Winkler's method is compatible with AmQuel+. "[/FONT]
Well Amquel converts the ammonia into aminomethanesulfonate which is still consumed by the bacteria like ammonia is. Thats why the product does disturb the nitrification process. The load the bacteria has to consume hasn't changed.
Thus your still in the red as far as ammonia goes as newly produced ammonia is toxic. So it could be useful to know how much aminomethanesulfonate is left to be converted.
