Where to buy the no-additive ammonia? | Aquarium Water Forum what you need is ammonia solution Pure ammonia is hard to find and expensive, manufactured by Merck and others, it is usually sold only with permission due to its corrosive properties, mostly to labs "Pure" ammonia solution = (usually under 10%) ammonia + (rest %) distilled water Look in the household cleaner section Grab a bottle and shake it
Ammonia ? I dont know where i could buy ammonia If you go to a hardware store like Ace or Lowe's, you might find it under "janitor's ammonia " Failing that, you can order it from Amazon Search for "Dr Tim's ammonia", it's a pure ammonia meant for cycling tanks It's only $2, but unfortunately it's on their addon program, meaning you can only order it if you are ordering $35 worth of
Ammonia spikes in all my tanks | pH Forum - FishLore Aquarium Forum In some cases, ammonia can be introduced from fumes in the air, but hopefully, ammonia cleaner is not used near a fish tank If your water supply contains chloramine, ammonia can be introduced through water changes
Cloudy water no ammonia or nitrites - FishLore Aquarium Forum Great to see that things are coming back to normal If you can dose the tank with Prime or similar ammonia detoxifier, it'll help get your cycle back in check Either way, keep up the water changes Especially you're getting ammonia spikes, even with Prime, you don't want to let the levels sky-rocket
Ammonia Instructions For A Fishless Cycle - FishLore Aquarium Forum Ammonia will raise your pH so no use to test it either Once you see a drop in the ammonia, test for nitrite There should be some present When the ammonia drops back to about near zero (usually takes about a week), add enough to raise it back to about 3 to 4 ppm and begin testing the nitrite daily
Microbe-lift Nite-out II | Water Supplements Forum -API Stress Zyme substituted for the Step II biological cleaner Dosed for 55G Dosing instructions are 5 ml per 10G of tankwater, so I dosed with exactly 27 5 ml of Nite-out II Dosing instructions are every other day until ammonia PPM is below 6 ppm
Water Change After Cycling | Aquarium Nitrogen Cycle Forum Today morning I saw my ammonia and nitrites drop to 0 with nitrates at 160ppm! My cycle is complete! I would be doing 90% water change to bring down the nitrates I want start with my cleaner crew and add fishes after couple of days I have heard bacteria need constant source of ammonia Won't they starve and die before I completely stock up my
Nitrite (No2) is very high after almost 3 weeks. When starting up a new tank, the ammonia levels are typically high and the nitrite and nitrate levels are low If things proceed according to plan, after 3-4 weeks, the ammonia levels will decrease and the nitrite levels will spike as the bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrite establish themselves in your substrate and filter media
How to test the strength of my janitorial ammonia,no label. Best of luck I'd probably look into another ammonia sources besides this one that you can be more sure of with easy directions 2-3 drops near pure clear ammonia per 10 gallons of water maybe to get like 1ppm, maybe 10x-100x that, 1 drop per gallon maybe for the diluted cleaner stuff without sufactants depending on the concentration they use
So Many Api Water Conditioning Products Quick Start contains nitrifying bacteria that converts ammonia, to nitrite and then nitrate Stress Zyme contains beneficial bacteria that consumes organic matter and keeps your gravel bed clean If you don't want to do cleaning that often, this product may help sludge is the debris that sticks to your bedding or filter