Ammonia for fishless cycling

[Merrilyn]

Please don't use cloudy ammonia. The "cloudy" part is detergent. Not an ideal thing for your tank.

Now that we can no longer buy the clear ammonia, we have to resort to what fish keepers did years ago, a green prawn or two in the tank, or a small contribution from a healthy human.

Fishgeek is perfectly correct. It's an ideal source of ammonia, and it's cheap and plentiful

That said, when I run out of clear ammonia, I'll be sticking with the green prawns

[mistakes r crucial]

One of my sumps isn't real happy at the moment. Anyone want to come up here for a few beers?
MAC

[DiscusEden]

Well, I've just got it. A 2.5 litre bottle of NH4OH. I hope it's the right stuff. This bottle cost less than twice the 500ml bottle, so given that i wasn't sure how much I'd need, it seemed silly not to go the bigger one. So in Adelaide it's certianly available if you look hard enough.

So I now have one empty tank and one bottle of Ammonia. Can't wait to play!

Thanks again for your help guys! You've all been wonderful.

DiscusEden

[DiscusJoe]

I get my clear ammonia here. I order online and it comes in a couple of days in the post. It's a powder and its very strong stuff.

http://www.australianhomeguide.com.au/ac.html

DJ

[TW]

I thought you could fishless cycle with cloudy ammonia as well?

No, you shouldn't use cloudy. As far as I know, the cloudy stuff foams when you shake it. Ammonia that foams when shaken contains surfacants (detergents, etc). You shouldn't use this to cycle your tank.

DJ, I'm using this stuff too. I'm at the nitrite spike stage of my cycle.
http://www.australianhomeguide.com.au/ac.html
I'm impressed.