HaHa! I hope you did not spend 10 months in a bare room with PVC pipe to hide in.One thing nobody tells you is constipation, sleep deprivation is a side deal. Took me 10 months to acclimate (reef reference). I conclude I’m full of ****
Analyzing Hanna Ammonia checker Hi784, chemistry and performance
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I've been clicking on seneye threads for two days to try and find the sentence about the dead tang lol I'll need another month of searches it'll come up eventually
Any readers with some cocktail shrimp and a fully cycled reef display could make a quick side test for us though (i don't think will reach toxicity but could be removed easily if approaches)
Any readers with some cocktail shrimp and a fully cycled reef display could make a quick side test for us though (i don't think will reach toxicity but could be removed easily if approaches)
3 or 4 cocktail shrimp in a larger display on seneye would replicate the experiment fairly and I bet that tank keeps the nh3 in line the whole time, but not with any other tester. Api will go black green for 14 straight months on that test
the tank that tested the degrading tang was not a nano it had a little dilution in its favor.
degrading shrimp in a cycle might spike but I bet it doesn’t in a fast moving display stacked with the normal degree of rocks we expect from reefs
the tank that tested the degrading tang was not a nano it had a little dilution in its favor.
degrading shrimp in a cycle might spike but I bet it doesn’t in a fast moving display stacked with the normal degree of rocks we expect from reefs
This would suggest that the chemical relationship between NH3 and NH4 for some reason would not 'hold up'. If the 'other test' showed an ammonia of 14, the Seneye would have to register NH3 - as would a Seachem alert.
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Heh. It's hard to avoid.
I'll probably start a thread just on the topic of ammonia detections in reef tanks: real problems, and testing confusion.
Plausible scenarios where ammonia can actually be found in a mature system (it's a short but not empty list) and plausible ways test kits can give a false significant detection (there are ways, but the list is not as long as some think).
@taricha, I have two different reagent sets from April 2022 when the hanna marine ammonia checker first came out in Europe.
The expiration date for both reagent sets is April 2027.
One reagent set has been opened since April 2022, the other set was left unopened until today.
Reagent A from the both reagent sets makes the sample so dark that the checker gives a "low light error".
When I used the first reagent set last year it worked fine.
Any idea what the issue might be?
I stored them in two different cabinets in my apartment where the temperature ranges from 20°C in the winter to 33°C when I'm away in the summer with no Air conditioning.
Is it anther case of a reagent hat needs to be stored in the fridge?
Thanks a lot!
The expiration date for both reagent sets is April 2027.
One reagent set has been opened since April 2022, the other set was left unopened until today.
Reagent A from the both reagent sets makes the sample so dark that the checker gives a "low light error".
When I used the first reagent set last year it worked fine.
Any idea what the issue might be?
I stored them in two different cabinets in my apartment where the temperature ranges from 20°C in the winter to 33°C when I'm away in the summer with no Air conditioning.
Is it anther case of a reagent hat needs to be stored in the fridge?
Thanks a lot!
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Apparently hanna goofed on liquid reagent A.
You, me, and somebody else posting recently found the same thing. It comes out dark brown now.
The other person contacted hanna and got a replacement set of reagents.
You, me, and somebody else posting recently found the same thing. It comes out dark brown now.
The other person contacted hanna and got a replacement set of reagents.
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