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[stickyemu]

hi as i cant get the calculator to work can some one work out how much ammonia i need to add to a 90l tank
for the add a wait fishless cycle

 

[backtotropical]

Hi StickyEmu,

Your tank is 90 litres = 90,000ml

You want to raise ammonia level to 5ppm (parts per million), so

90,000ml / 1,000,000 x 5 = 0.45ml of pure ammonia is required;

Most ammonia solutions are 9.5% ammonia, so i'll go on that basis, but you should check the bottle before relying on my calculation.

0.45ml / 9.5 x 100 = 4.7ml of 9.5% ammonia solution required to raise 90 litres of water to 5ppm.



If you're mathematically minded, this can be expressed by the equation

A = (0.5 V) / P

where;

A = Ammonia solution required in millilitres
V = Volume of tank in litres
P = Percentage of ammonia in solution



If your ammonia isn't a 9.5% solution, let me know and i can re-calculate.

Hope this helps.

BTT

 

[stickyemu]

thanks alot now i can start

 

[doresy]

sorry, link not working

 

[Declan]

Hi StickyEmu,

Your tank is 90 litres = 90,000ml

You want to raise ammonia level to 5ppm (parts per million), so

90,000ml / 1,000,000 x 5 = 0.45ml of pure ammonia is required;

Most ammonia solutions are 9.5% ammonia, so i'll go on that basis, but you should check the bottle before relying on my calculation.

0.45ml / 9.5 x 100 = 4.7ml of 9.5% ammonia solution required to raise 90 litres of water to 5ppm.



If you're mathematically minded, this can be expressed by the equation

A = (0.5 V) / P

where;

A = Ammonia solution required in millilitres
V = Volume of tank in litres
P = Percentage of ammonia in solution



If your ammonia isn't a 9.5% solution, let me know and i can re-calculate.

Hope this helps.

BTT

Thats a great formula!

Will have to remember that

D.