dazbud
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Hi all
I've posted a few threads about constant ammonia reading of 0.25ppm. My tank is 4 months old and I see Nitrate readings, so I obviously have the bacteria in place for the cycle.
However, I've become somewhat obsessed with eradicating all traces of ammonia and seem stuck at a reading somewhere between 0 and 0.25ppm.
Today I tested my tapwater and tank water at same time. The results are shown in the pictures below. The left is the tank water, the right is the tap water. To me, they both look identical. However, I am starting to doubt my perception of the colour as it looks different in different light and from different directions. I've posted 6 different pictures of the same two test results, held against daylight in different rooms of the house. I think they look either green or yellow depending on the ambient lighting in the room. Thus leaving me confused about whether I have ammonia in the tank or not or whether I can actually tell teh difference between green and yellow.
If its green and the the tap water has ammonia in it, then why is this ammonia not being eaten by the bacteria in the tank that are turning the rest of the stuff into the Nitrates and what would be the point of doing water changes?
what do you think ?
I've posted a few threads about constant ammonia reading of 0.25ppm. My tank is 4 months old and I see Nitrate readings, so I obviously have the bacteria in place for the cycle.
However, I've become somewhat obsessed with eradicating all traces of ammonia and seem stuck at a reading somewhere between 0 and 0.25ppm.
Today I tested my tapwater and tank water at same time. The results are shown in the pictures below. The left is the tank water, the right is the tap water. To me, they both look identical. However, I am starting to doubt my perception of the colour as it looks different in different light and from different directions. I've posted 6 different pictures of the same two test results, held against daylight in different rooms of the house. I think they look either green or yellow depending on the ambient lighting in the room. Thus leaving me confused about whether I have ammonia in the tank or not or whether I can actually tell teh difference between green and yellow.
If its green and the the tap water has ammonia in it, then why is this ammonia not being eaten by the bacteria in the tank that are turning the rest of the stuff into the Nitrates and what would be the point of doing water changes?
what do you think ?
