SeachemAmmonia Alert

I seen so many reviews showing their API test along with this kit and giving it a one star because their API kit shows green around 2ppm yet the badge says safe. These people need to understand the liquid test is testing NH3 + NH4 and giving a combined total. This badge only shows NH3 so mostly will never match unless maybe yellowThere is a % of NH3 based off total ppm ammonia but to find it you have to know PH and water temp. For example my test im showing about 5-6ppm TOTAL ammonia but because my PH is about 8.2 and my temp is about 79F and this would put me over 0.2ppm TOXIC ammonia and the badge responds the way it should. I am doing a coral in water cycle and its expected as its being countered with Fritz. Anyway just make sure you know this test wont align with what the liqud one says.

I set up a new tank and had a lot of fish loss. After many water tests, water changes, and adjustments my tank is thriving. I checked the ammonia, alert tag every day to make sure the fish are safe. So far, it is working well and coincides with the water tests. I also do. It provides me peace of mind.

i was hesitant to buy this because of some bad reviews and didn't want to "take the easy way out" of testing my saltwater tank's ammonia when it could potentially be inaccurate. however, after biting the bullet and about a week of having it in my tank, i can say it definitely works and is accurate. JUST MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT TOUCH THE SENSOR IN THE MIDDLE AFTER PEELING THE PROTECTIVE PLASTIC. also, this measures the amount of TOXIC ammonia only, so the colors won't match perfectly with a water test kit, which tests for the presence of all ammonia (normal and toxic). this is a must have in all tanks, especially the smaller ones where water conditions are harder to maintain. i am a marine biology phd and lifelong tank owner, and i would 10/10 recommend this to anyone (but especially the newbies!). i'm not sure of the shelf life, but i will probably switch out every 6-12 months to be safe. 👍🏼🐠🪸

It's extremely slow at detect ammonia presence, by the time it reads at 0.02ppm ammonia level is actually over 0.5ppm, and the only reason I discovered this is because I was skeptical, so I tested my water to find out that the ammonia level was at over 2ppm, and I immediately put in my bacteria to start the cycle. It took this thing till the following day to read 0.05ppm, so who knows how long the ammonia was present in my tank before this thing detected it. It read 0.02ppm for like 4 days before I decide to test the water my self, then an extra day after that to read 0.05ppm. Thanks to this unreliable thing my tank cycle took longer than if I had just let my tank cycle naturally. I tested the ammonia levels on my tank regularly, because I no longer trusted this thing. The ammonia in my tank was decreasing, but this thing continued to read 0.05ppm. When my ammonia levels went to 0.00ppm this thing was still reading 0.05ppm. It took it another 2 days from when I got a zero reading with the other tests kit for this thing's reading to fall to 0.02ppm. then I lost count to how many days it stayed at 0.02ppm before I just took it out of my tank and tossed it in the garbage, it must've been like 4 days. And I continued to test my water, because this thing kept making me thing the ammonia probably crept back up, sense it wouldn't go down to zero. I knew it was slow, but I thought it should eventually catch on. Seeing it not go to zero kept making me think there was probably ammonia present, and I would test, but nothing. Eventually I got fed up with it after like 4 days or so and tossed it. I don't think this thing was ever going to read zero, and by the time it directed no ammonia present, my tank would already be building ammonia, and who knows how long it would take this thing to detect it. If I would really on this thing for my ammonia readings to determine when I should do my water changes I would probably loose live stock by the time it detects toxic ammonia levels.Do not rely on this thing for water changes, and when cycling a tank, it will deceive you. Mater fact stay away from it all together, you will regret buying it if you do.

Good piece of mind

In my opinion, this product is best used for monitoring for sudden ammonia spikes, not for accurately reading ammonia levels in place of liquid tests. I’ve read other reviews saying that their unit was faulty, but mine worked just fine.I am using mine in a tank that I’m fishless cycling, and the ammonia I dosed triggered a reading that matched the results with the dosage, but I find that it’s not sensitive enough for day to day readings of a cycled, running tank with fish in it. Again, I think it’s best used to as an alert for ammonia spikes. But, that’s just the nature of test trips/this kind of product. They just aren’t as good as liquid test, so not a fault of Seachem.