so i have been having problems with my bio filter, its not 'perfect' yet, i still have small readings of ammonia every now and then which i remove with ammonia remover. too make things a bit easier, i bought a 'about 20 dollar' in-tank ammonia reader. pretty much it's a small oval that has a long rod in the middle that changes colors according to the ammonia, and to the left and right it shows colors (that dont change) to compare..

well i set that up and put it in, and for a while the readings said 0, i was like, great! but after a day and it still read zero, which isn't normal, usually i get a small reading like .25 or .50, so i took out the liquid tester and it said the ammonia was .75 ppm... so im like what the hell..

i guess the inboard tester wasn't as good as they said it was. even if it was made by Mardel

ohh i also forgot to add, i bought a "New Tank Stabilization System" by Seachem that pretty much jump starts the bio-filter and/or helps it. it says on the side that it literally has the bacteria in it... so yea its no fake.. anyways i trusted Seachem for my tanks, always have

I would ALWAYS test EXACTLY as the liquid instructions say, and ALWAYS trust that before any other test system!

Just my 2 cents...

Is this Seachem Stability?

Why would you use this product for an already established tank as opposed to prime and water changes? Or adding more biological media?