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ammonia is always present in a tank, whether you like it or not.
ammonia and ammonium are both toxic to fish, but ammonium is less toxic, but then again, after an ammonia spike you may get a a nitrite spike, nitrite is more toxic in a lower PH than high.
ammonia and ammonium should both show up on a good quality test kit.
5ppm of ammonia, shows a problem, either an over stocked tank, or an uncycled tank, most probably the latter
shrimp are more sensitive than fish IMO, i dont mean to come across as behaving like a child, i was just wondering what the point in that reply was. (the last sentence)ok ok come on children...
i just wanted to know the difference and how toxic they both are to fish as we was wonderin why the fish was ok yet there was high ammonia, but obviously after looking on the net it must infact be ammonium!