Using bottled ammonia for a fishless cycle?

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Hi guys,

I just got my tank ready and I'm looking forward to starting my fishless cycle. Obviously I'll need some ammonia to start with. Some use a frozen shrimp and let it rot, but I've also heard people putting in 1 drop of pure ammonia in it every 15 minutes until it reaches 4ppm and then keep it steady at that for the duration of the cycle.

I couldn't find pure ammonia (as it's gas), however I did find a bottle of ammonia in our home with a 5% solution. Would that be a good option?
 
As long as ammonia is the only chemical in it (no detergents or anything) and you are able to get the dosage right, then yes.
Although... there is a girl who posts on another fish forum I go on who will offer to come and pee in your tank to get the cycle started... :sick:
 
No detergents, I just rechecked the bottle and it says (translated):

"Ammonia with less then 5% dissolvent"

So it should be good to go right?
 
can you order dr. tims ammonia for fishless cycles? this is what i have i am too much of a worrier to use anything else
 
Where are you? In the US you can get janitorial strength Ammonia at Ace Hardware. It's a 10% ammonia with no phosphates.


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I got my ammonia off ebay, its called "kleen off" and is pure ammonia :D
 
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