AMMMONIA

How would I know if it's ammonium or ammonia?
I use Ammonia alert tags
Ammonia Alert® is an innovative color device for continuously detecting and monitoring toxic free ammonia. A sensor changes reversibly from yellow to green to blue, relative to the ammonia concentration. No test kits, chemicals, or procedures are needed. The device detects less than 0.05 mg/L (ppm) free ammonia and alerts you to the #1 killer before any sign of stress. It lasts over a year. Marine or freshwater use.

In the absence of free ammonia the unit will assume a yellow or faint yellow-green color. It is normal for the dry sensor to have a greenish hue. It may take up to a few days for a dry sensor to equilibrate with the water. No sampling of water, chemicals, or test procedures are required. The presence of the free ammonia is detectable continuously with a response time of about 15 minutes. Response to decreasing ammonia is slower, requiring about 4 hours to go from TOXIC to SAFE on removal of ammonia.
Seachem - Ammonia Alert
 
How would I know if it's ammonium or ammonia?

The cheaper way for now is to enter your tank data in here https://www.hamzasreef.com/Contents/Calculators/FreeAmmonia.php

On the left side, leave the first box as it is, set salinity to zero and fill in the rest with your tank/test details. Click calculate and look at the lower box on the right side, labelled NH3 concentration. This is the amount of your ammonia test reading that is ammonia; the rest is ammonium.

If that number is under 0.02, the fish will be OK for a number of days (taken from from "Rescuing A Fish In Cycle Gone Wild - Part II" in the cycling section on here). Over 0.02, and you need to do a big water change.
 

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