ammonia

Hi all! Newbie here and needed help on cycling my tank. I cycled with Dr Tims One and Only and Ammonia drops with Dry rock and sand. Im also using and API Test kit. I have added my first 2 clowns feeding it once a day, on the 4th week after testing Ammonia 0 (Wasnt able to test for Nitrite and...

What do all algae (and cyano too) need to survive? Nutrients. What are nutrients? Ammonia/ammonium, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate and urea are the major ones. Which ones cause most of the algae in your tank? These same ones. Why can't you just remove these nutrients and eliminate all the algae in...

I owned and cycled a couple freshwater tanks using Ammonium Hydroxide solution we can easily find here in Brazil in any pharmacy. Is there any restriction on using it on saltwater fish less cycling? Or Only Ammonium Chloride Will work? The Chloride is a chemical with controlled Sales here.

I’ve just had a rough start and would really value your advice. Tank & gear Marine Vue 87 L , mesh lid Oase Biomaster Thermo 250 (outlet pointing up for surface agitation) Jebao SW-2 wavemaker PopBloom H54 LED (custom schedule, full dark 21:00–07:00) ~10 kg caribsea life rock, CaribSea sand...

Hi so I just started a new tank and it’s been cycling for about 2 weeks. I used live sand, dry rock with, fritz fishless fuel, and turbostart 900 bottle bacteria. Gotten my ammonia up to 2ppm then added the bottle bacteria then a day or two later tested and the ammonia was at 0ppm and my nitrite...

For nearly 2 months, I’ve been stuck with high ammonia in my 230-gallon reef tank after a bacterial issue killed many of my fish.. Despite big water changes, multiple bottled bacteria (Dr. Tim’s, Microbacter, PNS), and careful feeding, ammonia won’t drop — it’s hanging around 2.2 to 2.6 ppm...

Hello, I had a disaster these couple of days with my peacock mantis + coral tank with a few corals suddenly dying in my tank which ive had for about 5 months. I got some fantastic advice from another thread (likely low nutrients), however I think I have done something wrong as my ammonia level...

Good morning! Reefbuilders recently created an article talking about the benefits to dosing urea and ammonia. I started doing this now for about 4 days and honestly my corals are looking extremely happy. I am just wondering if anyone has been doing this and what their experience has been. Can’t...

Sorry if this is in the wrong thread. My tank is 30 gallon, 1 month old, and I have a problem with ammonia and rotten odor, mostly coming from the rocks. The clownfish are breathing quickly and heavily. The smaller one is now pretty lethargic. Parameters now: Salinity 1.021 Temp 25c NH3 0,05...

So I’m doing a fishless (minus 1 coral my friend gave me that we have no idea what it is and I’m almost 100% sure it died but I was expecting that) cycle on my 29gal tank, I added “microbe lift special blend” along with “topfin readistart” and also left a little food In the tank to help the...

Hey all, newbie here. Hoping to learn what's possibly going wrong (if anything) with my current attempt to pre-cycle some caribsea life rock. I've got them in a 10 gallon brute, 2 wavemakers running for circulation, heater at 78, does Dr Tim's ammonia to 2 ppm, and added 1 oz of Fritz 900...

Tank stats 40gal breeder Live sand Dry rock Dr Tim’s cycle and ammonia followed exactly what he said It’s day 17!!! And nitrite won’t drop. I did a 50% water change yesterday and added 40 drops of ammonia just to give the bacteria something to snack on and it was gone the next day but nitrite...

I have an issue reading the Hanna Hi-784 ammonia checker. It says that it measures both NH3 and NH4 ammonia, and there is a conversion table to get the toxic NH3 reading. So the question is: Is the main readout what's important? Or the number you get after conversion? Example: I'm doing a...

Hi all, My fishless cycle seems to be going terribly wrong. I started the tank on the 1st of Dec, added Continuum Bacter Gen M (LFS recommended) and dosed ammonia to 2ppm. After 10 days, ammonia was still at 2ppm. I then got a 200ml bottle of Fritzyme 9 on the 10th day, added that, still 2ppm as...

**SOLD** Full set of Hanna Electronic Test Kits. Set of 8. Used for roughly 6 months. Work and look perfectly. All reagents are current with at least a year before expiration besides the Calcium Checker which includes 0 reagents. They expired last month. This entire kit would retail for over...

I have a different thread on my Helene natural disaster journey. However, I wanted to make a thread specifically regarding ammonia management. Our 200g DT was on bubbler-only for 2-3 days. Upon restart (of half the tank, no lights), ammonia is the highest I’ve ever seen it even when I’ve cycled...

I have a 12 Gallon Bookshelf aquarium with a 3 gallon refugium full of chaeto. Tank has been running for months. Ive dosed ammonia, added media and rock, from other established aquariums, and probably used 4 500mL bottles of Microbacter bacteria. My nitrates in the tank are high, but no matter...

So I just started up my new tank. As a source of bacteria, I used Ocean Direct Live Sand and Dr. Tim's One and Only for Reef tanks. For ammonia, I used Dr. Tim's Ammonium Chloride. Tank is filled with saltwater at 1.025 specific gravity. Original water is RODI. I added the bacteria and ammonium...

I am getting supplies to cycle my 180gallon tank. For a fishless cycle, if I went with Dr Times, 4 drops per gallon x 200 (can’t forget the sump) is 800drops. Figure 2 drops per once that is 40oz of ammonium chloride. However, Dr Timms says a 4oz bottle will do 200 gallons. Am I missing something?

Call me crazy, but after some Dr Tim’s + Ammonia and a lot of waiting, I thought I was on a great cycling track. Then my ammonia levels started rising for an empty tank. Does anyone know what’s happening here?

I am going crazy! I’m losing fish, I suspect ammonia, but I can’t 100% confirm it. I started up a brand new tank that I wanted to use as observation post-quarantine for fish I was treating in copper. It’s a 55 gallon tank that I used brand new saltwater and cycled with ammonia chloride and...

Hey everyone! Need some guidance, I’m new to the hobby, when I started my fishless cycle I added dr Tim’s one and only and I added ammonia, I didn’t test the water until week 3 cause I thought I was meant to just wait weeks on end and be patience, and I didn’t get the memo that I was suppose to...

Hi Everyone! My 32 gallon tank currently consists of the following: (I just added the bottom 3 fish two days ago) 2x Black storm Clownfish (on the smaller side about 1 inch) 1x Helfrichi firefish (also on the smaller side) 1x Citrinis Clown goby (hes my biggest fish about 2 inches) 1x Yasha...

I purchased a tank off of Facebook marketplace. I was understood it to be a cycled tank. But when purchased I was only given 5 gallons of the water. There for I made all new water. I know my tank is acting a little funny and not opening up like it should. I bought the regular test kits and all...

Hi can someone please help! I am very new to salt water tank and probably have zero knowledge on corals or any water parameters and i have made some massive mistakes i believe because of my impatience. As i was just going by what the LFS guy suggested hoping to learn the hobby slowly, I was...