Ghost feeding vs. Silverside

[Seguragr]

Grr. iPhones and fat fingers don't mix. 10% ammonium hydroxide in a water solution. Works fantastic.

 

[Seguragr]

Grr. Autocorrect. Ammonia hydroxide. Not ammonium.

 

[Coraloliseffect]

+1 on ace is the place. And +1 on pure ammonia. (Make sure there is no scents or additives. Can test by shaking if the bubbles break like water it's good. If it foams up don't use it)

 

[Seguragr]

This.

 

[VicD81]

How much of it do add to a tank?

 

[Seguragr]

In the ten gallon I used it in last I added drops. 8 drops raised the ammonia to 4.0 mg/l. Let the ammonia level drop back down toward zero and do it again. When you can read zero ammonia within a certain time period (I think 8 hours), you check nitrite. If nitrite is also zero, your tank is ready for livestock. You will have a lot of nitrate though, so do a water change. Just don't stop dosing ammonia once it's cycled until you add livestock or the bio filter you've been building will starve.