| | |  | Test Kits | Home » » » » Seachem Ammonia Alert | | | | | | | Description: | | Ammonia Alert™ is an innovative color device for continuously detecting and monitoring toxic free ammonia. A sensor changes reversibly from yellow to green to blue, relative to the ammonia concentration. No test kits, chemicals, or procedures are needed. The device detects less than 0.05 mg/L (ppm) free ammonia and alerts you to the #1 killer before any sign of stress. It lasts over a year. Marine or freshwater use.In the absence of free ammonia the unit will assume a yellow or faint yellow-green color. It is normal for the dry sensor to have a greenish hue. It may take up to a few days for a dry sensor to equilibrate with the water. No sampling of water, chemicals, or test procedures are required. The presence of the free ammonia is detectable continuously with a response time of about 15 minutes. Response to decreasing ammonia is slower, requiring about 4 hours to go from TOXIC to SAFE on removal of ammonia. | | | Features: | |
• Lasts over a year
• Small and unobtrusive
• No water sampling
• No Chemicals
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 3.4 inches | | Product Width:
| 3.3 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.7 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.1 pounds | | Package Length:
| 6.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 1.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 19 reviews |
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15 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 Do not use if you value your fishAug 12, 2009
By E. A. Bujak
"bbujak"
I listened to a store clerk and purchased this item even though I knew I should use the tried and true method of testing my water every day with a new tank.
I also purchased some bacteria to put in my new set up. Normally I dont work this way and it lulled me into a false sense of security that my tank had cycled faster than normal when the ammonia alert never indicated any ammonia in my tank and I went on to purchase a few more fish - a few more days and no ammonia - great - a few more fish and then disaster strick - the fish started acting as though they had ammonia poisening. I took my water to have it tested. 6.0 mg/L and NOTHING showed on this alert - it was still yellow.
If you value your fish (and your sanity) just test your water and dont take short cuts.
This product does not work - I only lost 3 fish - but that was 3 fish too many and Im sure they would have preferred that I had tested the water and not relied on this!
10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Not a good productNov 16, 2009
By thy_avatar
"Maybe we should all do what’s RIGHT, not what's religiously right, or religiously left."
I had a similar experience as E. A. Bujak "bbujak". I saw this in stores and found it cheaper on Amazon through one of their sellers. I checked the chemical levels before putting doing a regular water change and putting in the Ammonia Alert sensor, everything was where it normally is before doing a change (slightly elevated PH nitrites, nitrates, and ammonia). The next day I checked the levels again, and they were where they normally are after a regular water change. A week went by and the Ammonia Alert never changed color, so I did my regular change and didn't test, thinking everything was OK. Another week goes by and I notice my tank critters starting to act odd, and one fish missing the tips of it's fins. I checked the levels and there were high nitrites, nitrates and ammonia-but the sensor had never changed color to warn me, at all. The sensor came out immediately and I did daily water changes until all the chemical levels went back to where they should be, and gradually increased the time between changes back to weekly changes as the levels stayed where they should be. I tested the sensor by holding it over an open bottle of ammonia, as per the instruction on the package, and there was zero change. Neither Seachem or the seller or Amazon would stand behind this product that put my fish in danger.
The only thing I trust to leave in my tank and give me accurate real-time readings is the thermometer.
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5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Good idea, but the results are lacking...Aug 20, 2010
By Nicole L. Strack
Save your money and just go with the regular water testing strips. It's not only cheaper, but it also works. The label says that it takes a few days for it to adjust and give out accurate readings, but I've had it since last week and it still reads "alarm". I, panicked, kept constantly changing 25% of the water and after a few days of this with no change in the reading I decided to bring out my strips and use those. Sure enough my water quality wasn't lacking and is just fine. So I wouldn't trust this product. It would be nice if it was effective but it hasn't been proven anything to me.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Great little device!Aug 10, 2011
By jlee24219
If your like me your tap water has ammonia in it already, when using a water conditioner the ammonia is turned into a less harmful version, however it still shows up on water tests. This little reader can tell the difference between that and "free" ammonia, which is the most harmful version. In fact, some of the negative reviews stating that their ammonia levels were off the chart when checked with a test kit probably are seeing the conditioned ammonia and not the harmful ammonia.
IMO this is well worth it in your aquarium.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Worked well for cycling new aquariumSep 05, 2010
By Bud
I used the ammonia alert to cycle my new aquarium (29g planted) with raw ammonia. Ten drops was enough to get it to show green(alert). Once I started getting nitrites, I cut it back to five daily drops. The indicator would go from green to yellow in approx. eight hours. Once the aquarium cycled, it has stayed yellow despite gradual addition of fish population. This has been verified by numerous ammonia tests by my fish store whenever I bought more fish. One caveat on use: Be sure to remove the plastic strip on the back before putting in the water. It would be easy to overlook.
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