BRADYBUNCH7 Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Hi guys! Just looking for your input! So my tank is up and running... I use Dr Tim's nitrifying bacteria to start the cycle and his ammonium chloride to feed the bacteria. The tank is 25 gallons so I added 25 drops of ammonia. The tank has been up for 4 days. The ammonia is at .25 ppm from day 2 to day 4 The ammonia is supposed to be at 2-3 ppm! What's should I do? Please help! Link to comment
BRADYBUNCH7 Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Should I add more ammonia or should I wait it out? Link to comment
atrox Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Dr tims is used for leveling out the ammonia not creating it. Add a small cocktail shrimp then add the dr tim s. You're puttung the carriage before the horse. The bacteria you need take weeks not days to establish. Link to comment
Azedenkae Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Dr tims is used for leveling out the ammonia not creating it. Add a small cocktail shrimp then add the dr tim s. You're puttung the carriage before the horse. The bacteria you need take weeks not days to establish. This. Although if you have enough bacteria from the beginning and ample food source, it can take less time. But yes, throw in a shrimp. I personally like to buy seafood mix, puree it, then spread all over the tank. The seafood itself would contain plenty of bacteria, which when distributed with the food, would then consume said food and reproduce crazily. :3 Or so I believe. Link to comment
aviator300 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Dr tims is used for leveling out the ammonia not creating it. Add a small cocktail shrimp then add the dr tim s. You're puttung the carriage before the horse. The bacteria you need take weeks not days to establish. NO NO NO. I think these guys misunderstood you BRADYBUNCH7. dont use nasty rotting shrimp, just add 1.5 drops of ammonia per gallon and test the next day. The ammonia level probably didn't rise much because Dr Tims bacteria started to work on it already. I think atrox didn't realize that you were already adding a source of ammonia in the form of Ammonium Chloride. Link to comment
LynkUK Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I put his ammonia chloride in my tank and it never really showed up on test kits for seven days. Now on the 8th day I have 1.5ppm of ammonia. Dry rock and sand so no other sources of ammonia. I'm not sure, but I have heard of this happenning before, so I suspect that, initially, the type of ammonia used in Dr Tims is' not detected by some test kits...I'm only aware of two types of ammonia though - free and ionized. Link to comment
Azedenkae Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Problem is, you aren't feeding the bacteria. Ammonia is just an energy source, the bacteria still needs something to feed on. To develop and reproduce massively. I did forgot to ask. Are you using live rock or base rock? Or more precise, are there plenty of life (dying) on whatever rock you are using? Assuming you have rocks in there? Link to comment
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