Ammonia badge, copper and prime...

[Smite]

Can they work together? After one day I have an ammonia reading of .2 on my alert badge. Tank is 40g, with only 2 small clowns. If I add prime while my water finishes mixing will it alter the test, or cause a negative reaction with the cupramine?

 

[Smite]

Don't know what the hell i'm gonna do when the rest of the fish get in there. I didn't even feed yet.

 

[Smite]

I am and arse. Nevermind.

































I'll leave it at that. :wavey:

 

[gumbii]

 

[Confuse]

I think ammonia badges are the biggest lies of the 21st century. I never had one that worked. Never changed colors. Maybe you have to have lethal levels of ammonia for it to register? Anyways, waste of money. /rant

 

[jesuses]

*Ammonia test kits can not distinguish ammonia from the amine based complex present in Cupramine™ and will therefore give a false high reading for ammonia while using Cupramine™. Our Ammonia Alert™ and MultiTest: Free & Total Ammonia™ test kit do not suffer from this problem as they utilize a gas exchange technology that can distinguish ammonia from amines.

 

[jesuses]

Also prime is bad with cupramine.

The seachem website has the full faq for those wondering
http://www.seachem.com/support/FAQs/Cupramine.html