ammonium chloride

Hello, I added 2 ppm of ammonium chloride and dosed one small bottle of Dr Tim’s nitrifying bacteria at the beginning of this month. This is for an observation/quarantine tank. The tank is bare bottom with pvc for the fish to hide, a heater and HOB filter with sponge and ceramic media. The...

Hi reefers, Finally finished aquascaping and flooded my first ever saltwater tank. I used Aquaforest Biosand and washed for ages but still the tank is cloudy. Hopefully this will pass quickly. I am using Continuum Bacter Gen M for cycling and seeding with bacteria (advised by the LFS). My...

Hey fam! So I’ve cycled many tanks and this is the first time that I’ve cycled using ammonium chloride and Dr Tim’s… not sure if this is because of it but my tank is cloudy and has a white powdering kind of substance on glass walls and pump as shown in the pics. I know a bacterial bloom but...

On day 8 of Dr Tim’s fishless cycle with one and only and ammonium chloride in an IM Nuvo 15. Set up is mostly 15lbs dry rock and dry aragonite with maybe 5lbs of live rock from my 20gal so not starting with a large established bacterial population. followed the chart but only dosed the...

Hi everybody, This thread may not be relevant to everybody, but to those who need it I think that this could be extremely useful. For those of us that opt to do a fishless cycle, I have created a quick reference dosing chart to achieve whatever concentration (ppm) of ammonia you desire by...