Where do i get ammonia from

[TESS]

Please can someone tell me where to buy ammonia from, i live in the uk and i have been to tescos at their pharmacy and waitrose, they both looked at me as if i was going to do a robbery .I need to cycle my new tank as my fish have seen the size of it and realy want to move .Thankyou

 

[iobre8ks]

take some rocks from your already established tank and add then to the new tank this will help to cycle it. There are some pinns on top about cycleing.

 

[TESS]

I have put some gravel from my other tank in yesterday, im hopeing this will start something going. Do they sell ammonia at chemists or in aquatic shops?

 

[TESS]

Ah, ive just read that in america you can get it from wal-mart, well thats asda in the uk so i will try there even though its 20miles away from where i live

 

[iobre8ks]

I have never seen any amonia at my lfs. The mods also have a post pinned on how to do a cycle with fish. I am doing that with my 125 gallon tank.

 

[TESS]

No,no never cycling with fish again, i didnt lose any but i was scared for them and i didnt think it was fair, i lost all my nails. I will find it less stressfull cycling without my lovelys

 

[iobre8ks]

I am cycleing with fish and took them from a tank that i already had set up they are now even happier than what they were(that could be because they went from a 10 gallon tank to a 125 gallon tank or 45 liters to 568 liters.) I don't know but that is probably why.

 

[TESS]

Probably yes ,mine are going from a so called 40 litre tank (i think its about 30) to a 180 litre tank, fish toppia is near i just need ammonia

 

[fufanu360]

putting the gravel in with out an ammoia source was useless, the bacteria wil die without amonia, you can use fish food and just let it decay in the tank

 

[TESS]

ok, i will try fish food as i still can not find anywere that sells ammonia.

 

[paulioo]

You'll get ammonia from Boots, thats where i got mine from. I just asked one of the workers for it. It was beside the cleaning agents.

 

[godzuki]

if its helpful at all.... in one of the other topics someone has posted a water additive that basically adds all the things in to speed up cycling, see if you can ifnd that it might be helpful

kiss kiss
godzuki

 

[jflowers]

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=38840

Jon

 

[TESS]

Ok thankyou both very much .
I looked on the pinned 'where to buy ammonia' but still i can not find it.
I will try and find the additive post.

 

[TESS]

I cant find the post, and i have looked all over the internet and searched store web sites including chemists and also boots and none seem to have ammonia. I will go to boots tommorow and have a look. What if i cant find any? what do i do? .My fish are desperate to move home and ive just noticed something eles i seem to have 3 males and 5 females and the lfs said he gave me 2 males (the sod!) no wonder they are having a go at each other, they are getting bigger and my tank is getting smaller, i need them in the 180 litre tank ASAP. I realy dont want to put them in to cycle yet another tank , some are pregnant and i need the small tank for the fry realy. Any other suggestions on how to fishless cycle my new tank fast.