dont155
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
2.5 weeks into fishless cycle, wondering why my Ammonia levels haven't budged from the 5 ppm I started with. Also getting no Nitrite spike, not even a HINT of Nitrites... Recheck Ammonia bottle ingredients:
Water, Ammonium Hydroxide and Surfactant.
Search Internet and AA for "Surfactant". Discover its BAD for fishless cycle.
Grrrrr....
2 weeks ago I found this Ammonia "Everclear" in my local Fry's Food and Drug. Did casual "shake test" and got a few big bubbles which burst immediately. Cool, this is what I need. Wrong. Shake the cr*p out of it today and find that it foams if shaken HARD but not if shaken casually.
Guess my new Phython's gonna get a workout sooner than I expected, and I'll wait a bit longer to add some fish.
Note - NO fish were harmed by this NEWB mistake!! 8)
Hopefully this post will spare some other Newb from the same mistake. I did a bit of research about fishless cycling before starting, but missed the part about "Surfactants" in the Ammonia cleaners.
-Don T.
Water, Ammonium Hydroxide and Surfactant.
Search Internet and AA for "Surfactant". Discover its BAD for fishless cycle.
Grrrrr....
2 weeks ago I found this Ammonia "Everclear" in my local Fry's Food and Drug. Did casual "shake test" and got a few big bubbles which burst immediately. Cool, this is what I need. Wrong. Shake the cr*p out of it today and find that it foams if shaken HARD but not if shaken casually.
Guess my new Phython's gonna get a workout sooner than I expected, and I'll wait a bit longer to add some fish.
Note - NO fish were harmed by this NEWB mistake!! 8)
Hopefully this post will spare some other Newb from the same mistake. I did a bit of research about fishless cycling before starting, but missed the part about "Surfactants" in the Ammonia cleaners.
-Don T.