| | |  | Test Kits | Home » » » » Seachem MultiTest Ammonia Test Kit | | | | | | | Description: | | This kit measures total (NH3 and NH4+) and free ammonia (NH3 only) down to less than 0.05 mg/L and is virtually interference free in marine and fresh water. Free ammonia is the toxic form of ammonia (vs. ionized Ammonia NH4+ which is non-toxic) and thus it is much more important to keep an eye on the level of free ammonia in your system. This kit is based on the same gas exchange technology that is used in the Ammonia Alert™ and thus is the only kit on the market that can read levels of free ammonia while using ammonia removal products such as Prime®, Safe™, AmGuard™ and any similar competing products. The other kits (salicylate or Nessler based) determine the total ammonia by raising the pH of the test solution to 12 or greater. At this high pH all ammonia removal products will breakdown and rerelease the ammonia, thus giving you a false ammonia reading. | | | Features: | |
• 75 test
• Fresh or saltwater use
• Unique indicator
• Measures free and total ammonia
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 4.6 inches | | Product Width:
| 4.6 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.05 pounds | | Package Length:
| 4.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A little more work but a better test than APIMar 30, 2012
By Sundragon
If you use Prime, you should definitely use this test because Many of the water conditioners including Prime bind NH3/4 and make it non toxic - It still shows up in many Ammonia test kits, including APIs. That false positive is dangerous because Ammonia is very dangerous in small quantitates.
t's a bit more work but you get two results and it's quite accurate:
Free NH3 and bound NH3/4
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Works As AdvertisedJan 29, 2012
By Larry A. Singer
Provides testing methods for free and total ammonia. It works. Some patience required as most accurate method is for wait times of 30 minutes as tests develop. Free and total tests can be run simultaneously and color charts provide readings for 'quick' 15-minute test readings while waiting the full 30-minutes for the more accurate results.
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