kas2247
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My test kit tests both... what's the difference and which should I worry about?
The story:
I've had my tank up for 2 months. It's a 55gal. About 50lbs of sand, 50lbs of base rock, and 10lbs of live rock. I started cycling the tank 2 months ago. The ammonia & nitrite spiked and nitrate started going up... I added some snails, crabs & a green chromis a little too early and caused another mini-cycle, which the chromis didn't make it through. Now, my ammonia indicator on the tank and the TOTAL AMMONIA test kit both say zero, nitrite is zero, and nitrate is around 3-5. I have lots of diatom algea and the hermits that I have left are all doing great. However, my FREE AMMONIA test kit is still reading around 0.1. What's the deal??
The story:
I've had my tank up for 2 months. It's a 55gal. About 50lbs of sand, 50lbs of base rock, and 10lbs of live rock. I started cycling the tank 2 months ago. The ammonia & nitrite spiked and nitrate started going up... I added some snails, crabs & a green chromis a little too early and caused another mini-cycle, which the chromis didn't make it through. Now, my ammonia indicator on the tank and the TOTAL AMMONIA test kit both say zero, nitrite is zero, and nitrate is around 3-5. I have lots of diatom algea and the hermits that I have left are all doing great. However, my FREE AMMONIA test kit is still reading around 0.1. What's the deal??