pH and Ammonia Fishless Cycle

[JayCanFly]

Hi, I'm performing a Fishless Cycle and I'm not sure if this is supposed to happen. Just a bit of information:

-I have a 15 gallon tank that's only filled up to 10 gallons
-The tap water pH before and after its treated its roughly 6.8 ppm
-I'm using the API Freshwater Master Test Kit for testing the water
-I'm using Ace Janitorial Ammonia

So here's the problem, as soon as I added Ammonia, the pH sky rocketed to 8.8 ppm. I checked to see if it was my filter or anything that may have caused a problem, so in a bucket I put tap water and added a few drops of Ammonia and checked it, and I get the same results (high pH). Is this supposed to happen or is there a problem with the Ammonia I'm using or is there something I'm not seeing?

Thanks!

 

[Rpeinhardt]

You're fine

Ammonia is basic and will raise the pH of the water it is added to.

Edit: Also, I thought I'd point out that pH is not a part-per-million measurement. It actually doesn't have a "unit" of measurement like the other water parameters do.