Q: Fishless Cycle with powder Ammonia Chloride

[Bear_]

I got this Ammonia Chloride in powder form off Amazon and saw that alot of people in comments were using it to cycle their tanks. Unfortunately I went deeper after I got it to see how much I should use to start the cycle of my new reef tank tomorrow but the most I got was a comment on someone just adding a bit at a time.

Anyone have any suggestions or references that may help me figure out how much to use per gallon, tank is 80 gallons with Dry Rock.

 

[Big G]

Here's a link from Fritz products on using powdered ammonia chloride:

Fritz Ammonium Chloride

Fritz Aquatics' Ammonium Chloride can be used as a source of ammonia to initiate the growth of nitrifying bacteria in your aquarium.

fritzaquatics.com

Post back after using it

 

[Bear_]

Here's a link from Fritz products on using powdered ammonia chloride:

Fritz Ammonium Chloride

Fritz Aquatics' Ammonium Chloride can be used as a source of ammonia to initiate the growth of nitrifying bacteria in your aquarium.

fritzaquatics.com

Post back after using it

Will do thanks for the link!

 

[Greg P]

In the future, or for anyone else looking to save some $, I use pure liquid ammonia.
Un-scented and phosphate free. It's household ammonia and a 1.8L bottle goes about 4 times farther than the 500g container of Fritz, but currently costs about $2 vs $12 (in US dollars), so 24 times cheaper ... if math serves me correctly.

Liquid 4ml will raise 100g by approx 4ppm.
Powder 4.5g will raise 100g by approx 4ppm.

1.8L / 4ml = 450 doses in 100 gallons
500g / 4.5g = 111 doses in 100 gallons

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

In the future, or for anyone else looking to save some $, I use pure liquid ammonia.
Un-scented and phosphate free. It's household ammonia and a 1.8L bottle goes about 4 times farther than the 500g container of Fritz, but currently costs about $2 vs $12 (in US dollars), so 24 times cheaper ... if math serves me correctly.

Liquid 4ml will raise 100g by approx 4ppm.
Powder 4.5g will raise 100g by approx 4ppm.

1.8L / 4ml = 450 doses in 100 gallons
500g / 4.5 = 111 doses in 100 gallons

When I cycle a new tank I also use ammonium chloride. Thank you everyone for information on using this stuff.

 

[Greg P]

Liquid 4ml will raise 100g by approx 4ppm.
Powder 4.5g will raise 100g by approx 4ppm.

1.8L / 4ml = 450 doses in 100 gallons
500g / 4.5g = 111 doses in 100 gallons

I goofed the math ...

1ml will raise 5g by 5ppm, so ...
Liquid 16ml will raise 100g by approx 4ppm.

Still 6 times cheaper than the Fritz powder