Ammonia quantity

[JMorris271]

Can anyone that knows,how much ammonia should be used to cycle a tank?

 

[snorvich]

Not much. Perhaps a few ML

 

[JMorris271]

Not much. Perhaps a few ML

Not a rocket science then?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I'd aim for, say, 1-4 ppm.

 

[netsav]

4ppm is a good target. As for how much ammonia you'll need to add to achieve this, it will depend on strength of ammonia and size of tank. For illustration, adding 20ml of the ammonia I use to my 50 gallon brings me to 4 ppm.

 

[4Hummer]

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/the-almost-complete-guide-and-faq-to-fishless-cycling/

You will add ammonia, Test, add test, add, test, add until you get to 4ppm, at which point you will have a rough idea how much to add to get from 0 to 4ppm.

Than you test daily to see if the ammonia drops, and bump back up to 4ppm until everything zeros out.

Took me almost 2 months to completely cycle my 125 gallon

 

[Saltliquid]

It really depends on what live stock you have on your rock or else where more so! Extra ammonia will achieve a greater cycle and stronger maturity after, but that will mean PH fluctuations and suffering life forms. I just start with base rock and get it to 15 to 20 ppm and sort of the same with nitrites, then keep it going till stable bacterium’s are in play and protists beyond just ich and velvet are abundant.

 

[digger4rc]

On my 55g I used 6ml of 10% ammonia to reach 3ppm. Do you know the concentration of the ammonia you are using?

 

[m0nkie]

I dosed to about 4ppm of ammonia when cycling. just don't go too high or you will have a very very long cycle

 

[Saltliquid]

I get some frozen raw sea food mix, we call it marinara here and put it in a bucket of fresh salt water or get it from some else’s tank, then with an air stone to rot for a week or so, then pore that buckets water through material to get particles out then add that putrid water to the aquarium as it is varied ammonias, then add either purchased bacteria or a little matured media from another aquarium and the cycle is very fast and very strong! Then do it in a smaller amount each week for three weeks after nitrites hit zero and you are done. If you do a non natural start you can get an ammonia lock and you will be waiting for months.