Where the heck do you get ammonia from?

[Sum22]

I've been looking around for ammonia without surfactants and I'm not finding anything.

I found clear ammonia at walmart and it said it has surfactants, but it didn't foam when I shook it. When I went by the .99 cent store, they had ammonia, one didn't foam but it didn't have an ingredient list on the bottle. So now I'm really confused.

I was thinking about supplementing my tank with ammonia, once my fish go to their new home tomorrow, so I don't lose all the bacteria and I can get a couple of new fish to tide me over until I upgrade to something larger.

Advice? Thoughts?

 

[rich311k]

Ace Hardware carries a Janitorial strength 10% ammonia solution which is pure ammonia.

 

[An t-iasg]

I got a small bottle of 10% ammonium chloride from a chemical supply company online.

 

[Sum22]

ace hardware. I'll check there when I run out tomorrow.

Say I can't find anything, how about fish food? I just need to maintain for about a week, setup, and about 2 days without any aeration. Keeping the filter and gravel wet wont be hard. I can just put it on a bucket on my move.

ordering online is kinda a waste since I'm trying to keep from losing what I already have rather than starting from scratch, otherwise, that idea would be just fine.

 

[An t-iasg]

Yes - in your situation, if you're unable to find ammonia at Ace, fish food would be fine.

 

[new2betas]

I don't know if you have the grocery store Food Lion there or not, but that is where I got my straight ammonia.

 

[Fishyfanatic]

Ace definitely carries the Ammonia. It's Ace brand BTW. Otherwise, yeah you can use fish food or raw shrimp. It's not pleasant smelling, but it'll work.

 

[bgk111]

I actually got mine from wal-mart, it dosn't have surfactants and didnt foam when i shook it....I looked around online and others have used it for fish-less cycling as well.

 

[Sum22]

I picked up some from ace. The brand I found at walmart had surfactants as an ingredient. They are doing a store remodel, so perhaps some of their stock was not out.

 

[bgk111]

Ya, mine definatly just has the chelatin or how-ever you spell it. The had a few different ones tho, this one was the "Clear Ammonia," heres a picture of what mine looks like I found on the net:

http://joshday.com/blog/uploaded_images/ammonia-705810.jpg

 

[Sahabo]

clear ammonia from my local grocery store...cost under a dollar