How to use dr. Tims?

[Max The New reefer]

Hey there, can someone give me a slightly more detailed guide to using Dr. Tims bacteria and ammonia chloride? I'm a little lost, starting with dead rock and live sand by the way. Thanks!

 

[brandon429]

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[Max The New reefer]

How to unstick any seemingly stuck cycle

Updated Cycling Science in Action This is a testless reef tank cycling thread, the only one from any board. If you ever had trouble with reef tank cycling in the past, you won't any longer after working some jobs with us. chances are you are using/about to use a method of reef tank cycling...

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thirty pages of that formula. It does not fail. In that thread, we don’t want non digital test readings posted, they just keep doing it anyway because that’s how we are trained in the wrong ways to cycle. We ask for and love when people post digital seneye readings though. Not because we need the testing, but passing spot checks at a 100% rate helps boost up the method.


every single post in that huge work thread got a specific completion date assigned either before the tank was built or immediately after they posted, we do specific start date testless cycling there above. It’s a drama free thread. All other cycle posts are young and the restless level drama.

Alright the thread you linked, and the messages you've sent have lost me, I will take your advice and follow the above though, can I have a but more of context except the " for idiots" version

 

[brandon429]

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[brandon429]

I noticed you have two threads going on the matter go ahead and use their way.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Add 4 drops of Dr.Tim's Ammonium Chloride solution per gallon of aquarium water to achieve an ammonia concentration of 2 mg/L-N (2ppm) of ammonia.

• Day 1 – dose ammonia to 2 ppm ammonia-nitrogen [NH3-N] using our ammonium chloride (1 drop per gallon [After Nov 2016 when using DrTim’s ammonium chloride use 4 drops per gallon]) [NOTE: do not expect your test kit to exactly read 2 ppm and it is not critical to get exactly 2 ppm. The key is to not add too much ammonia]. If using DrTim’s Aquatics One & Only Live Nitrifying bacteria add it now (turn skimmer, UV and ozone off and remove filter socks for 48 hours).
• Day 2 – Measure ammonia and nitrite.
• Day 3 – If ammonia and nitrite are below 1 ppm add more ammonia: four drops of our ammonium chloride per gallon (check the label).
• Days 4 & 5 – Measure ammonia and nitrite.
• Day 6 – If ammonia and nitrite are below 1 ppm add 2 ppm ammonia. Four drops of our ammonium chloride per gallon. [NOTE: since you have added the One & Only your ammonia kit will not read 2 ppm and DO NOT continue adding ammonia trying to get to 2 ppm – just add 2 ppm ammonia (4 drops per gallon of our ammonium chloride) and carry-on.
• Days 7 & 8 – Measure ammonia and nitrite. On the first measurement day (Day 2, 4, 5, 7 or 8) that BOTH ammonia and nitrite are both below 0.5 ppm (NH3-N or NO2-N) your tank is close to being cycled.
• Now start to measure ammonia and nitrite every day.
• When BOTH ammonia and nitrite are below 0.2 ppm (NH3-N or NO2-N), add another 2 ppm ammonia.
• Continue to measure every day. When you can add 2 ppm ammonia and BOTH ammonia and nitrite are below 0.2 ppm (NH3-N or NO2-N) the next day your tank is cycled – congrats! You’re done!
• Do a partial water change and add some fish.

It is important to have your UV sterilizer or ozone generator turned off for the initial cycle.

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[happyhourhero]

No need to enter the realm of madness to just cycle a tank. While you have it going, stick around here in the new to the hobby threads or use the search feature with a general term of what you want to know.

 

[ZoWhat]

How to use Dr. Tims?​

For me... its a great aftershave