Ammonia test colors ?

[Odin909]

Hi there



Got another question. When i test my ammonia , i get a color of like milky white. Tried a couple of times. Any idea why it is this color ? Is salt still mixing itself in the tank ?

New tank just setup. penguin filter + biowheel. 3 pound peice of live rock, but got similar reading before live rock. Salt reads 1.021.5 . instant ocean hydrometer. It reads low, so i adjust mysalt reading. box filter in corner, plastic cheap kind, floss and rock. think thats it

Oh, ph is 8

been cycling for about 5 days now. added live rock yesterday. Cycling with 1 silver scat. 10-12 hours light.

any help would be great, coulnt find it in the article section.

 

[5xevy]

Yep- I had that same milky white color when I first started (have it now with my new tank). It equates to 0.

 

[Odin909]

hey

Thanx for the info. Guess i am waiting for the cycle to begin , ill check , nit and nat, see whats up.

thanks again

 

[Reefscape]

just give it time odin, only 5 days have passed...it will soon start to rise...Untill you have had a ammonia spike ( about 20 on the scale ) you should not really be getting any readings on nitITE or nitrATE...

Niko

 

[Odin909]

hey

Ok, cool, you just saved me some testing supplies. was about to nitrie check both.

thanks dude

 

[Reefscape]

Its really up to you how often you check..For the first week of the cycle, i checked nothing, no point...Then each week afterwards i checked every two days for ammonia, nitrITE, nitrATE and pH...Did thid untill i saw that each had spiked in turn, ending with the nitrATE spike..

Niko