New Tank All Filled And Ready To Start Cycle

[fry_lover]

Cant get bottles of ammonia. went to boots and she gave me a funny look when i asked for it

Hi Zoe,

She gave you a funny look because ammonia is very dangerous stuff. Its used for making bombs and drugs, so its not really widely available. Even the shops who do stock it seem almost reluctant to sell it.

Put your filter at the top of the tank. The most important thing is to create surface movement in the water. This is essential for oxygenating the water.

As Frylover says, ammonia is not essential. I cycled my filter with frozen squid. Ammonia is best though IMO, it cuts out the middle man. ie why use prawns or squid to create ammonia, if you can just use ammonia? I used squid because i couldn't find ammonia. Hope that makes sense.

Hope you are well.

Backtotropical

edit: forgot to say, your tank looks good!

yeh, but if you got hungry and had nothing in, you eat the squid once fish tank had cycled, you just need to make sure it "thoroughly cooked"

 

[scotslasszoe]

theres really no need to use pure ammonia, especially if you cant buy the damn stuff, just use prawns.

I have cycled many tanks very successfully this way, geez, never felt the need to go out and buy ammonia!!!

Its very easy to cycle a tank/filter, i reckon i could do it on algae tablets if i needed to

EDIT: and i mean PROPER cycle with prawns, i have done it before on different size tanks and then stocked heavily from day one with no ammonia readings or nitrite and testing daily for 2-3 weeks, and none of this adding ammonia every day stuff or every few days business, put the prawns in, let the ammonia peak to the max (over 8mg/l), take prawns out, wait 10-21 days (depends on readings) let nitrite max out, ammonia and nitrite then hit ZERO, bobs ya Uncle, fanny's ya Aunt, job done, its a good'un, just be sure to top up the "ammonia source" when nitrite begins to drop to a low level, then nitrite gets to ZERO after that, the fish go in.

makes me laugh all this adding actual ammonia when you can just nip down Tesco!!!

forget boots and head down to Tesco's or Asda

As for the filter, it can function anywhere as long as water is passing through it, but ideal position is at top of tank, so the "flow" is coming out just below water surface, depending on how much water flow and oxygen creating you want in tank, it also depends on "noise", experiment with it and you will see what i mean.

And get your kid some decent pants if you gonna put him on the internet, white is so last year

Pmsflllllllllll. Whites back did'nt you know lmfaoooooooo. thanks

Cant get bottles of ammonia. went to boots and she gave me a funny look when i asked for it

Hi Zoe,

She gave you a funny look because ammonia is very dangerous stuff. Its used for making bombs and drugs, so its not really widely available. Even the shops who do stock it seem almost reluctant to sell it.

Put your filter at the top of the tank. The most important thing is to create surface movement in the water. This is essential for oxygenating the water.

As Frylover says, ammonia is not essential. I cycled my filter with frozen squid. Ammonia is best though IMO, it cuts out the middle man. ie why use prawns or squid to create ammonia, if you can just use ammonia? I used squid because i couldn't find ammonia. Hope that makes sense.

Hope you are well.

Backtotropical

edit: forgot to say, your tank looks good!

Thanks for that. where aboots in haddington is that shop no sure where pentcaitland road is

Cheers again.

 

[backtotropical]

yeh, but if you got hungry and had nothing in, you eat the squid once fish tank had cycled, you just need to make sure it "thoroughly cooked"

 

[backtotropical]

Thanks for that. where aboots in haddington is that shop no sure where pentcaitland road is

Cheers again.

Look here.

 

[scotslasszoe]

Thanks for that. where aboots in haddington is that shop no sure where pentcaitland road is

Cheers again.

Look here.

Ahhhhh haaaaa. thats the same road the schools on eh? lol

I think i know exactly where it is now.

Might be going to the Inn for my tea the night will give u a toot on the way past lol

Zoe

 

[Luketendo]

I found it on the shelf in boots, 9.5% solution in a white with red top 500ml bottle. Vile stuff though.

 

[joecoral]

yeh horrible smelling stuff, i made the mistake of taking a whiff to make sure it was ammonia before i bought it lol, stings your nostrils