According to the manufacturer's website of the JBLCombi Test kit, it will test NH4+ and NH3- , which is total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) that is non-toxic ammonium plus toxic ammonia. If you take the un-ionized calculator from Francis-Floyd, et al.Hello; You have as of the first post some ammonia and some nitrite. These are toxic at any level. The WC will dilute these toxins and to my thinking dealing with these toxins while the bb population increases takes priority over water cloudiness.
The part of the cloudy water due to a bacterial bloom will slowly subside.
FA16/FA031: Ammonia in Aquatic Systems
Management of ammonia, the primary waste product of fish, is critical to fish health, especially in intensive systems. At low concentrations, ammonia causes stress and damages gills and other tissues. Fish exposed to low levels of ammonia over time are more susceptible to bacterial infections...
edis.ifas.ufl.edu
You will find that on the upper end of PH 7.0 and 26C of the OP's readings, the multiplier to TAN is 0.0060, which produces a result of 0.00015mg/L. This is lower than 0.05mg/L of damaging NH3- ammonia as stated in the article. This means that the test is mostly showing non-toxic ammonium NH4+ in the 0.025ppm measurement.
If the OP, has any concerns about the really low level NH3-, then they can dose with Prime or equivalent everyday, and not have to worry about it.
For those who don't want to do the calculation, there are TAN charts that use this calculation of un-ionized ammonia and TAN readings that show colors indicating when fish are safe at a certain ammonia level relative to PH and temperature. e.g. from
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