newlyreefd
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I was wondering, I hear a lot of people talk about dosing ammonia in your tank to cycle. How much would you dose to cycle a 40B w/20L sump?
Ammonia to cycle.
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lisa28
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I wouldn't do it, I used a big hunk of tilapia (before I cooked some for myself!) tied it up in panty hose crank the Temp to about 87° and had plenty of ammonia in 3 days. I pulled out the fish dosed with instant ocean bio-spira (sp?) And it cycled in less than two Weeks, it's only been running about 3 months total now and I've kept lps sps and a couple soft corals right after the first 2 Weeks I haven't lost anything! knock on wood!! Idk if I would recommend it though it wasn't as easy as it sounds, I tested the water several times a day, totally obsessed over it!
jduck
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10.6 gal is ~ 40 liters.
4 ppm = 4 mg/l = 160 mg in 40 l
Ace ammonia is 10% = 10 g/100 ml = 10,000 mg / 100 ml = 100 mg / ml
Therefore you use 1.6 ml to get 160 mg which will give you 4 ppm. That's for 10 gal.
4 ppm = 4 mg/l = 160 mg in 40 l
Ace ammonia is 10% = 10 g/100 ml = 10,000 mg / 100 ml = 100 mg / ml
Therefore you use 1.6 ml to get 160 mg which will give you 4 ppm. That's for 10 gal.
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newlyreefd
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I used a shrimp, that is almost all gone now. I didn't know I should have raised my temp up. DANG!! But I didn't get a huge ammonia spike like everyone else is talking about. Just checked my params today and 0 ammonia, 10ppm nitrates and 0 nitrites. No algae(not running my lights so that may be the reason for that). No diatoms! Just crystal clear water. I guess I shouldn't complain. I just don't know where to go from here. I don't want to kill anything by adding prematurely. I also want to take the next step.
lisa28
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I turned it up to speed up the decay, some times up to 90° lol my ammonia was off the charts. It's easy for me to tell you to wait and that's probably what's best but I rushed, it's hard not to!! If you must, start slow and get a bottle of prime. I had a coco worm survive everything from day one (it was an unknown rock hitchhiker) and supposedly they are hard to keep alive so I think prime deserves the credit for doing what it claims!
