Ammonia

[lym]

Any idea how you dose this stuff? Or it is a case of add a load and test the water to see what ppm you get?

Sam

That was going to be my next question, I'm just filling my tank up now. How much do I need to add and do I add this amount each day?? My tank holds 100 litres.

Another question...

It says on the bottle to make sure it's not in contact with skin. Will I be ok to put my hand in the tank while it's cycling, because I still need to get plants/ornaments yet. I'm guessing it would be ok since it's diluted??

Check out the article on fishless cycling: http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=113861

My 56L tank requires around 50 drops of ammonia to take it up to the 5ppm range so I would imagine being that your tank is 100L should take around 90-100 drops to get up to the same reading. My ammonia is the same concentration as yours so that should be a fairly well educated estimate. You are fine to put your hand in the tank, just make sure you wash your hands before putting them in the tank and then wash them when they are out of the tank. You don't want anymore other pollutants in the tank now do you?

Any idea how much 50 drops is in ml? I have a pipette that will hold 3ml.

 

[BigIan]

just suck up 3 ml of water with the pipete and see how many drops you get from it

 

[lym]

I've just added some ammonia to the tank, can I do an ammonia test immediately? Or do I have to wait so long?

 

[BigIan]

give it 10 mins or so