Those Ammonia Reading Gadgets

[Lady Samsara]

Has anyone had any experience with those ammonia reading gadgets that
are sold at the LFS? It is a small card-like item that sticks inside
the tank. It is color coded to show the presence of ammonia.

Thanks for any input!

[Victor M. Martinez]

They're really good and probably saved many of my fish in the 110 gallon tank
when it suddendly had an ammonia spike (due to human error, of course).

--
Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv

[Racf]

"Lady Samsara" > wrote in message
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> Has anyone had any experience with those ammonia reading gadgets that
> are sold at the LFS? It is a small card-like item that sticks inside
> the tank. It is color coded to show the presence of ammonia.
>
> Thanks for any input!

Seachem Ammonia Alert, one of the best inventions for the new (and old)
aquarists I have seen in quite a while. Defiantly beats the traditional
test kits. A point of caution though, they only work in higher pH water
as it states on the package. It only shows Ammonia level, not ammonium.
Hence its perfect for use as a guide for folks that add Amquel and the
like to detox ammonia....

A useless device in soft acidic water....