Urgent Fast Fish Killer!!!!!
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JustinM
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I don't think the API ammonia kit works with cupramine.
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.
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.
JustinM
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About the water changes, just add the cupramine to the water. I usually do between 11-13 drops per 5 gallon bucket and that worked well for me. You'll have to test a few times to see what works best for you.
As for keeping the ammonia down, yes water changes will do that. You may have to do it every 2-3 days for a few weeks but it will eventually cycle and establish. On a positive note, cupramine is very gentle on biological filtration.
In the mean time, I would definitely get an ammonia alert. I also just noticed you wrote you had the API copper test, assuming you don't have a seachem copper test kit? It'll work but the trouble is it goes from 0-.25-.5-1.0-2.0, etc. You will want the seachem copper test kit with cupramine because the dosage is so much smaller than chellated copper. It reads in .025 increments.
As for keeping the ammonia down, yes water changes will do that. You may have to do it every 2-3 days for a few weeks but it will eventually cycle and establish. On a positive note, cupramine is very gentle on biological filtration.
In the mean time, I would definitely get an ammonia alert. I also just noticed you wrote you had the API copper test, assuming you don't have a seachem copper test kit? It'll work but the trouble is it goes from 0-.25-.5-1.0-2.0, etc. You will want the seachem copper test kit with cupramine because the dosage is so much smaller than chellated copper. It reads in .025 increments.
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