Ammonia Test question

[intarsiabox]

We get our water from the Edmonton treatment plant I believe. I put Prime in the water when I filled the tank as well as in the top off water. I have a bunch of little brittle stars that are running around so I haven't killed them off.

[syncro]

Wait until the test kit no longer detects ammonia.

I believe Beverly is right - Prime will bind to ammonia converting it to a less harmful form. Many ammonia test kits, including API, test for total ammonia which includes this bound/converted ammonia. So your inhabitants may be safe even if the test kits reads > 0. Seachem has a "ammonia multi-test" kit that can measure both free ammonia and total ammonia.

Any ammonia, bound or not, indicates the cycle is still in progress.