Ammonia In Tap Water?

[nitrogen15]

Sounds like your tank is breaking it down. In a weird situation like this, you may want to limit water changes to 10% of the volume per two weeks and use Prime. Since you just did a water change, why not track the filter's progress with daily tests? It would be interesting to log it on here, and see how many days it takes for the ammonia to be neutralized.

 

[fidjet2]

today's result- the same with everthing- ammonia looks the same- inbetween 0 and .25

will test again tomorrow

 

[nitrogen15]

Also, a good test to make sure your kit is still in good shape is to use some positive and negative controls, meaning things you know do and don't have ammonia. Pure ammonia makes a good positive, plus you can check accuracy. A bottled filtered water like Dasani should test negative.

 

[fidjet2]

i won't be able to get all that stuff till tomorrow...will have a look around then