Api Nitrite Test

[rdd1952]

I found the problem. I switched my email address from the Yahoo one to my work one and received 2 notifications overnight. The email domain that they came from is gmail.com. Over the year that I was inactive on the forum, I had received so much spam from someone with a gmail address that I had blocked that entire domain so any emails that were coming from here were blocked and never allowed through.

 

[orange shark]

what size is your fish tank? I wanted to know how mch ammonia to put in my tank, ive bin told 5 ml and thats for my 29 gallon

 

[rdd1952]

Concentrations of ammonia vary thus meaning it may take more from one bottle than from another to raise it to 5ppm. From what I have seen, it generally takes about 1ml to raise 5 gallon to 5 ppm. Based on that, 5ml would be too much for your tank. Try runniing a 5 gallon bucket of water, add 1ml to it, swirl it around to mix it good and test to see what it gets you. A little math then will tell you what you need to add.

 

[orange shark]

surely if 1ml raises 5gallons upto 5ppm, and I have a 29 gallon, it means I need more than 5ml?

 

[rdd1952]

You're right. Just got out of bed and my mind isn't working. Actually, 5ml should be just about right (based on 1ml for 5 gallon) as with displacement by substrate, decorations, etc. would mean you would have about 25 gallons of water (an inch of substrate removes about 1.5 gallons of water).

 

[orange shark]

lol, i was nearly the same sorry for hijaking your thread sarah

 

[**sarahp**]

what size is your fish tank? I wanted to know how mch ammonia to put in my tank, ive bin told 5 ml and thats for my 29 gallon

440 litres - think its about 116 US gallons but dont quote me on the gallons part cos I'm not that great at the convertions

sorry for hijaking your thread sarah

thats ok mate some of the most informative threads on here are the ones that go a bit off OP