Ammonia check

[zxknight]

I don't think I am colorblind but is my ammonia .0 or .25.

 

[zxknight]

sorry between .25 and .50

 

[theimpossibles1]

A clearer pic would help but to me it looks closer to .25 (which I have just been reading could be even lower because API ammonia test tends to read high).

 

[zxknight]

at .25 should i do a water change??

 

[scooter31707]

Have you completed your cycle. API is known to give a false reading of .25ppm-.50ppm for ammonia. I would seek another test kit before during anything to your tank, maybe Red Sea or Salifert are well-known and mostly reliable.

 

[mcgyvr]

3rd that API tests can falsely show ammonia..
depending on where you are in your tanks life you can probably ignore it..
Or if you had a death in the tank or something then maybe don't

 

[Dr. Reef]

Definitely above 0.
Api is junk when it comes to test ammonia. I would get a better kit.

 

[zxknight]

the tank was cycled, and what test kit would you recommend?

 

[Dr. Reef]

Salifert and red Sea are good kits. Hanna makes a checker for ammonia for low and high range but I think $50 for such is a bit too much as we really don't need it after setup.
Seachem makes one that measure free and total ammonia better for people using it on hospital tanks specially when using copper or products that lock ammonia. Other kits will give false high ammonia reading while seachem wont.