Originally posted by happychem
Next, if you're doing fishless, don't use Amquel. There's a link around in one of the stickies to the revised fishless cycling article. Basically, don't use a dechlorinator that binds ammonia. The safest bet, call your water company and ask them if they add chloramine, if they don't you're golden. While you're at it, ask them to send you a print up of the water report analysis. Knowing things like pH, KH (alkalinity), GH, phosphates, nitrates, etc. can be very useful down the road. Ultimately, you're going to have to do some tests yourself.