testing Am with strips

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guppy1

So i know strips arent the best to use but my ? is, once i dip the strip it says to wait 60 sec, at 60 sec its showing 0 but at 1 min and 30 sec its reading 1.0, Which should i rely on? The tank is a 55g with 30lbs of fiji live rock been up for 6 weeks now
 
Just my opinion, but I would not use strips at all. I used them with my first freshwater, completely unreliable. Bad readings will just cost you more in the end, especially in saltwater tanks.
 
I like the strips when I'm cycling a tank. Quick, easy test for any ammonia, and if it's not perfectly accurate nothing is really impacted. I wouldn't use them for regular testing of my tank though.
 
I used the ammonia quick alert from seachem when cycling that way i could check ammonia by walking by the tank. I used a test kit once the alert went back to the yellow reading which was no ammonia.
 
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