Household Ammonia

[brian2708]

Hi.
I have purchased some ammonia to carry out a fishless cycle, however there were 2 available at homebase, and i'm not sure which one I should use.
Bottle 1 contains 9.5% ammonium hydroxide, remaining water and passed the froth test.
Bottle 2 contained 9.5% ammonia but frothed slightly when shaken.
Currently have bought bottle 1, is this ok to use? Thanks in advance.

 

[StandbySetting]

Ammonium Hydroxide is the correct solution, so bottle 1 is correct.

 

[brian2708]

Excellent. Thanks for your speedy reply. Posting on mobile at work at the moment, and really wanted to get this sorted tonight so at least now I don't have to go back via the shop! Cheers.

 

[Aqua Tom]

Bottle 1

 

[brian2708]

Thanks guys. Just the advice I needed. Tank is now setup and fishless cycle process has commenced.

For information, My ammonia was picked up from Homebase, Taunton. 500ml bottle. £2.12. Boots didn't have it in stock, and would have taken until next week to get it and I'm impatient!

 

[waterdrop]

For the record, for other beginners noticing this thread title - I've timed it and the correct ammonia solutions usually only create rather large bubbles for 2 or 3 seconds, which then disappear, more or less exactly like water. So when shopping you could just have some bottled water with you to do a comparison shake and see if the ammonia solution seems to be foaming significantly more, which would indicate soaps or other surfactants you wouldn't want. Hopefully a few other members might confirm my observations.

~~waterdrop~~

 

[The chilly dipper]

For the record, for other beginners noticing this thread title - I've timed it and the correct ammonia solutions usually only create rather large bubbles for 2 or 3 seconds, which then disappear, more or less exactly like water. So when shopping you could just have some bottled water with you to do a comparison shake and see if the ammonia solution seems to be foaming significantly more, which would indicate soaps or other surfactants you wouldn't want. Hopefully a few other members might confirm my observations.

~~waterdrop~~

nice one waterdrop.exact info just incase im unsure
i will be looking for this if my boots does not have it in stock.
thanks for the info brian.


i too would be impatient lol
a little shopping around never hurt anybody.