Ammonia testing

Haha, I didn't provide that information originally because it wasn't really that important to the original question.

I'm cycling a 10 gallon by feeding it fish food (which is taking a painfully long time just to see a readable amount of ammonia, a week to get 0.6ppm).
 
I wish I could bottle & sell my well water
Mine reads 2.0 ammonia right out of the tap :)
 
Wow... Must make being an aquarist that much more difficult. :eek:
 
Not really...

I heavily planted my tank, added some Zebra danio's, and was cycled in 3 days
I kid you not!


Now, when I do water changes, I just use Prime
 
Your tanks must have quite the bacterial cultures in order to support fish. :evil_lol:
 
:D
 
jpappy789 said:
Get some pure ammonia and cycle with that. You'll get a higher level quicker and you'll be able keep it at that amount...
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I'm fairly certain that stores don't sell amonia anymore, at least not where I live. My Chem teacher has mentioned that it is no longer used as a cleaning substance due to it being hard on the environment, though that didn't stop me from looking for it anyway.

Here's an update on my tank. The bottom and decorations have a coating of fish food which is gross and is going to be a pain to clean, but my ammonia has started to go up. Two days ago: 0.6ppm, yesterday: ~0.9ppm, today: 1.8~2.0 ppm. Bacteria definitely increase exponentially. I think I may actually have to take measures to keep ammonia readings down after I'm finally getting some. Today's reading might be higher or lower than what it actually is due to being between two exact measurements.

Edit: To be more specific, there is about 3g of fish food in there- I know because the entire sample pack of it has been added over the course of a week or so.
 
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When I cycled one of my tanks I kept the ammonia a 4ppm until nitrites started then I just shot the same amount in until the nitrates started. All the stores in my area carry pure ammonia. Good luck on your cycle.
 
When I asked for ammonia at my lfs I was lead without a word to a bottle of cycling product. Most of her other advice was close to par, except telling me I could keep an angel in a 10 gallon.

And I did try more than just the pet store for ammonia before anyone says anything about that. XD
 
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