View Full Version : Substitute for Ammonia Drops?
hendrixpujols11
12-26-2006, 7:30 PM
So I was at my local Petco, and asked them for pure ammonia drops, for cycking the tank, and he said they did not have it. I was thinking that putting food in the water could be a substitue, creating ammonia? Am I correct?
blue_soda025
12-26-2006, 7:50 PM
You can buy household ammonia from places like Walmart or hardware stores. Be sure that it doesn't contain any perfumes or surfactants. It shouldn't foam when you shake it.
hendrixpujols11
12-26-2006, 8:01 PM
also, I don't have any decor or sources of bacteria,,,,will it really take 6 weeks?
Reddog80p
12-26-2006, 8:26 PM
All of your answers for cycling are right there.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84598
Brian Anderson
12-26-2006, 9:01 PM
^^ not really close to all. here is even a little more info, http://www.aquariacentral.com/forum...cycling+read%22 . i too am trying to get info on cycling a tank.
Reddog80p
12-26-2006, 11:06 PM
^^ not really close to all. here is even a little more info, http://www.aquariacentral.com/forum...cycling+read%22 . i too am trying to get info on cycling a tank.
Sorry bro but that's a dead link.....
you were probably thinking of this one.... http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88796
hendrixpujols11
12-26-2006, 11:13 PM
Can I just sprinkle food in the tank however often necessary to create ammonia?
Reddog80p
12-26-2006, 11:28 PM
Can I just sprinkle food in the tank however often necessary to create ammonia?
Fish food is messy and is a pain to get cleaned from gravel. The best way to control the amount of ammonia is with pure or clear ammonia. If you don't want to use pure ammonia. Go to your local grocery store and buy a couple of raw jumbo shrimp. Toss one in the tank, let it rot. As it rots it will produce ammonia. There's your ammonia source. The only bad thing about it is it is a little messy and you can't control the amount of ammonia that it produces( you may have to add more).
CaitxSith
12-27-2006, 10:07 AM
OR I guess maybe shrimp...
I heard you can put the shrimp in some kind of mesh bag or something and all you have to do is when the tank is cycled, just pull the bag out! Just that you need to be able to handle the smell...
*EDIT* I mean DEAD shrimp that you EAT...
Star_Rider
12-27-2006, 10:29 AM
use a stocking..or other fine mesh. place the shrimp in and when it's time to remove..you pretty much hjust toss the mesh with the goo.
btw, the smell of rotting shrimp is not pretty..... :eek: :thud:
Mgamer20o0
12-28-2006, 12:07 AM
use a stocking..or other fine mesh. place the shrimp in and when it's time to remove..you pretty much hjust toss the mesh with the goo.
btw, the smell of rotting shrimp is not pretty..... :eek: :thud:
thats another great reason why ammonia is great. i see no reason why not use ammonia. you can control it more then any other way of cycling the tank.