amonnia?

[fshfrk]

does anyone know where to get pure amonnia. all i can find is amonnia with soap in it. i cant even spell it!

[spyke1969]

Re: amonnia?

I think I found mine at the .99 store.

[fshfrk]

Re: amonnia?

spyke 1969-does it foam up when you shake it? if it does it has soap in it.

[Brownsnoutuk]

Re: amonnia?

Walmart sells ammonia. Dont know if it has soap in it, but it is in the cleaning/laundry section.

[spyke1969]

Re: amonnia?

it was several yrs ago, but no it didnt\'t

[islander]

Re: amonnia?

fshfrk,

I have some that will burn your nostrils if you take a wiiiiffff.  How much do you need and how soon?  I leave for Austin tomorrow and will be there until next Friday.  Will be at the University of Houston tomorrow morning because Mark is diving.  Call me tonight at 409-771-3305 before 10PM.  we leave for Houston at 7AM and I am heading to Austin from there.  Please revise your profile so we know where you are from.  later, ken

[eklikewhoa]

Re: amonnia?

You can get it from ACE hardware as well.....are you attempting the fishless cycle? IMO it would be much easier and faster to use some seeded filter media.

[fshfrk]

Re: amonnia?

i always wanted to try the fishless cycle. but you are right. i will just get some pot scrubbers out of a established filter.

[eklikewhoa]

Re: amonnia?

I usually use the same filters or at least one on all my tanks....that way if the need arises I just swap out the filters from tank to tank.

[geoff_tropheus]

Re: amonnia?

The best method that has ever worked for me is using old filter media from other aquariums.

If I ever had to do it without that media, I have used two other bio-starters that have worked for me.  I have used Kent Marine's Ecco-Start, and Marineland's Bio-Spira.  All other bio-starters are only marginally effective or do not work.

Best of luck!

Geoff

[eklikewhoa]

Re: amonnia?

I have used Bio-Spira as well and it worked great!

[Zulaab]

Re: amonnia?

If you want to do a fishless cycle you can always go down to your local supermarket (HEB) and goto their fish department.  Buy 1 Shrimp (Fresh uncooked with everything attached) for each 50G of water.  Go home put them all in a small net float them in your tank for 48-72 hours.. trash your shrimp..  I promise you, you have made enough ammonia to go floating in your tank and the bacteria will form and start the conversion process.   Wait 14 days.. add fish.

[edkrueger]

Re: amonnia?

You could buy a lot of live shrimp and use them. I would be fishless.

[crudnugget]

Re: amonnia?

If you want to do a fishless cycle you can always go down to your local supermarket (HEB) and goto their fish department.  Buy 1 Shrimp (Fresh uncooked with everything attached) for each 50G of water.  Go home put them all in a small net float them in your tank for 48-72 hours.. trash your shrimp..  I promise you, you have made enough ammonia to go floating in your tank and the bacteria will form and start the conversion process.   Wait 14 days.. add fish.

I tried this a while ago.  I went to Kroger and got 1 fresh shrimp (29g tank) and set it in for a couple days.  For some odd reason, the ammonia never changed.  I'm SURE it was a raw, whole shrimp.  Who knows what happened lol

[Zulaab]

Re: amonnia?

Crudnugget... I got this tip some time ago from someone who had done this with great success.