answer inferred from above: yes non digital test kit nothing died.
The factors that make up all stuck cycle reports are predictable and the test kit types that do not show delays past ten days are known, and are never part of stuck or delayed cycle reports. In any stalled cycle post I try to see if the expected elements are in place.
For sure many are good with api I know many can use it well, Dr Reefs entire first study on bottle bac used api very convincingly.
Considering the number of fully running reefs stating ammonia problems with non digital kits shown on pior page you can understand the ensuring skepticism on stalling
The whole point is not to spend endless hours debating test kit readings, it's to shift concerns onto disease control and away from open- ended wait cycling.
The whole point is to shift reefing into disease preps, since cycling is so easy we can either skip it like Dr. Reef does or we can time it out ten days for the less simple approaches.
What matters is how we apply disease prevention protocols. that's what we should be discussing in cycle threads
Waiting 3x longer to gain a zero on api is OK as long as planned disease controls, stocking order + vector controls, were in place when the stocking began. If they weren't in place, waiting past day ten provided no increase in safety for the fish added. <-- most important tenet from new cycling science in my opinion
