I want to use ammonia for cycling my fish tank, is there an ingredients list? If so, what's on it and is there a concentration percentage?
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The bottle does not give a percentage such as Parsons. It states no phosorphus and the only ingrediant listed is ammonia-hydroxide.
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Hi, Sorry I can't help you with the ingredients list for this particular product as I returned it the next day for the following reasons 1) The picture shows that that the item is LEMON but the written portion reads that it is clear, and you get the Clear. 2) The cost $20.99 is absurd (I did not look at the price at the time of purchase). I am a retired Chemist and we used pure Ammonia (NH3) in liquid form often. This product is household grade which if you google Ammonia you will find that Household Ammonia contains ~ 5 to 10% Ammonia, depending on the manufacture and is always mixed with water. Some manufacturers will add some LEMON scent to help dilute the Ammonia smell but not much good for your end use. Pure Ammonia would knock you unconscious in less than one minute. You can do your self a favor and go to Shoprite or any Supermarket and buy the same thing for 5 or 6 bucks as I did. Hope I was able to help you and Good Luck!!!
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The directions are on the bottle when you receive it. It will be a dose of 5ml per each 20 gallons. But I would also recommend Seachem's "Trace elements" to go with this. In my experience, just adding the CO2 did not give me good plant growth. If you are not also using a nutrient supplement with this, your results will be limited. I also used a potassium supplement, and using all three of these together brought my nearly dead, yellowed plants back to life within a week, and they are doing very well, now. I don't know how much you know about any of this, so forgive me if I seem to over-explain all of this. One last thing that I would add is that if you are having problems growing plants in your aquarium, the proper ph is very important for some plants. Because most cities/towns put chlorine in the water to kill harmful bacteria, the ph of your tap water will be slightly alkaline. If you are setting up a salt water tank, that's not too bad. But a freshwater tank will need to be slightly acidic to neutral in the ph. This is important. I hope this helps, and yes, the flourish excel works very well if you use it with the other supplements which I mentioned.
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Absolutely not. This product has very poor labeling, but it does state that it contains lots of nitrates. This may be ok for plants, but will counteract the benefit of an incremental water change in an aquarium. Compared to the amount of pH lowering ability of this product, the nitrogen content is the major component. It's more of a fertilizer that may lower your pH than acid with nitrogen in it. In my 155 gallon aquaponics system, adding one large-side scoop of this powder every other day dropped my pH from 8 to 7.8 (for a short amount of time) while forcing my nitrite and nitrate readings so high that my test kit couldn't even read them. It has caused a white crust to form on my grow media that kills any plant leaf that touches it (but doesn't taste like salt). If you feel you absolutely can't use your tap water in an aquarium ( and a lot of fish are ok with a pH of 8, but it's bad for plants), then purchase water or catch rain water before you resort to dumping this fertilizer on your fish.
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I have attached a link to the manufacturer's Material Safety Data Sheet for this product. If you still have questions regarding the ingredients, I would suggest you contact them directly. There is a phone number included on the MSDS attached. From what I gathered it contains: Ammonium Sulfate, Citric Acid and Urea Phosphate, although they don't tell you the concentration of each ingredient. Hope this helps! Good Luck! Here's the link:http://generalhydroponics.com/site/gh/docs/prod_msds/pHDownDry_MSDS.pdf
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NO, no ammonia, though it does contain Petroleum distillates.. Smells kinda like nail polish remover, acetone.
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Ammonia is not listed on the ingredients, so no ammonia and yes it is safe on tinted windows, have used this for a long time on tinted windows. I will never buy any other glass cleaner again, this Stoner Invisible Glass cleaner is amazing!
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I agree with A. riches 100% I too have a 29 gallon tank and use 100ml in an AquaClear 70, my tank is understocked and my organic waste is minimal so I only recharge every 6 months and my water quality remains impecable, the ammonia is 0, the nitrites are 0 and crystal clear, Purigen is truly amazing stuff if used correctly.
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I have used it in a 120 gallon fish tank with large fish its perfectly safe for them. I put it in my filter to remove the ammonia that builds up. I would contact the company.
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I know it doesnt look like there are threads but it does thread on. FYI, If you have fish in your pond dont make the same mistake I did. I bought this same pre-filter and a pump and that was it. I found out 2 months later my ammonia is sky hi. I needed to buy a Bio filter and ended up buying a bio and mechanical filter all in one and didnt need the pre-filter anymore.
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100% ammonia. Works amazing. I lived on an island for 2 years. And at first my legs where destroyed. This helped me get sensitized to the local mosquito faster with out tearing up my legs. Child formula I think is baking soda and water. Great home remedy too
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Well thats what I do now. I used to run the ammonia stones alone but when I saw that Marineland sells it already mixed I started to mix my own. You just have to wing it as to how much you need. Quantity of fish would be a factor. I have a Magnun 250 & mix apx 2/3 charcoal & 1/3 Ammonia stones. You can slice the filter open & reuse it or get a Magnum. Its worth it! http://www.amazon.com/Marineland-PC0250HSB-H-O-T-Filter-Magnum/dp/B000260FVQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1428698231&sr=1-1&keywords=magnum+250
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All you need are the sponges (1 course, 1 fine), biological media (ceramic rings, etc), and chemical resin product (BioChemPure, Boyd's Chemipure, etc). You will have outstanding results and the longest service intervals for any kind of aquarium filtration. Use enough of each type of media (mechanical, biological, chemical) for the volume of your aquarium. Any extra space should be used for extra biological media or perhaps a denitrating product (Seachem Denitrate, etc).
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I don't know the exact number, but I would say hundreds. You can try to do the math if you like. This will help. There are 20 drops to one ml..The ammonia test uses 2 different bottles. Bottle #1 has 37ml and bottle#2 has 37ml. 37ml is 740 drops in each bottle for ammonia test, for a total of 1480 drops in ammonia bottle 1 and 2 together. To do the ammonia test you need 8 drops from bottle #1 AND 8 drops from bottle#2, this makes 16 drops total. So, you will get a total of 92 tests for ammonia using 16 drops total for the test. Nitrite test takes 5 drops. The bottle is 37 ml. which is a total of 740 drops in the nitrite bottle. There is only one bottle for nitrite. NitrIte takes 5 drops per test. 740 drops divided by 5 = 148 nitrIte tests. NitrAte uses 2 different bottles. Nitrate bottle #1 is 30ml and Nitrate bottle#2 is 30ml. Each bottle is 600 drops making that a total of 1200 drops for nitrate using 20 drops per test (10 from each bottle).That comes to 60 NitrAte tests. PH has 1 bottle of 37ml. That is 740 drops for PH. At 3 drops per test you get 246 PH tests. You also have a "High Range PH test solution'. This is 37 ml or 740 drops. At 5 drops per test you get 148 high range PH tests. So here are the totals: Ammonia test (bottles 1 & 2) 92 tests. NitrITE test (only 1 bottle) 148 tests. NitrATE test (bottles 1 & 2) 60 tests. PH test (only 1 bottle) 246 tests. High range PH test (only 1 bottle) 148 tests. That comes to a grand total of 694 tests if my math is correct and there are 20 drops per ml. I am a new fancy goldfish hobbyist and I have spent many hours in research on the subject. I hope this helps you. I think the API freshwater master test kit is the best out there. It has helped me keep my fancy goldfish very happy and healthy. I am glad to pass on what I have learned so far. I hope it helps you! Have a great day! Anna
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High concentration formula, 50 grams, larger pellet size (and my fish won't eat it - pellets too big)
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I'd recommend adding KH and GH, otherwise you should be fine. Also, give had great luck fishless cycling with Dr Tims ammonia (really cheap on Amazon).
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I am not sure of the 'type' of fish used, but I do know that is a 'deep cold water' fish and is free from 'mercury' because of the purity/depth/temperature of the water. That is the reason that I use Carlson Labs Fish Oil. No need for more 'mercury' poisoning our systems.
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We use this for the magnum 350 canister filter and fill half the basket with it and half with charcoal....in my opinion you it won't hurt the fish if you use too much of this....it removes harmful ammonia. Hope this helps