Tropical Fish Forum
Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => Fishtank Filtration and Cycling => Topic started by: lynda51 on November 01, 2014, 01:03:37 PM
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Hi - just bought some Homecare Essentials Ammonia from our local DIY store (the only type could get locally) so my husband can start cycling his new tank.
Has anyone used this before ... ??
I presume it's pure as it just says 5% ammonia on the bottle and lists no other ingredients ..... but wanted to check.
Tried ringing the company but they are closed for the weekend.
thanks
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Is it this (http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/homecare-essentials-ammonia-500ml)?
You need one that contains water, ammonia or ammonium hydroxide and nothing else. Since it doesn't say anything, shake the bottle, take the lid off, hold your breath and look into the bottle. If it has foamed, it contains surfactants. If there are just big bubbles which burst quickly (like water does) it is safe. It might be easier to decant some into a see-through bottle to shake. Don't breathe the fumes!
Since it is 5%, if it doesn't foam you need 0.6ml per 10 litres to get 3ppm. Add some, wait half an hour or so for it to mix in, then test the ammonia level to check the ppm.
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yes that's the one ...tried the shake test and it seems a little foamy to me.
might wait and get something else on Monday from somewhere else.
Any advice on shops that sell the stuff in the UK?
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Some branches of Homebase sell it, in the general cleaning section. Some shops sell Jeyes Kleen Off Household Ammonia which is fine and is supposed to be 9.5% (I have that and I emailed the company to ask). Failing those, Amazon and eBay sell ammonia.
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i use home care ammonia its the one with the yellow label
you need i get mine from the range in stockton home base
and most of the other places no longer stock it as they were
told it can be used in bomb making lol :boom:
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Aha Biffster, you are from Teesside! Well, I assume you are if you're going to The Range in Stockton. I live in Yarm.
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yes sue i am from just down the road a place called
hurworth not to far from paddock farm i see that rare aquatics
as gone bust :yikes: you must come and see me some time
and have a look at my tanks and talk shop i will let you have some
bristle nose i have plenty yes i use the range for chemicals plus my
artist stuff as well its an amazing place and teeside koi are just around the corner
now :fishy1:
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I called in at the new Teesside Koi & Aquatics the other day. Unless they get a lot more fish I won't be going there again. Very few tanks of 'ordinary' fish, and very ordinary at that. Over half the tanks were Rift Lake Cichlids.
Paddock Farm used to be my favourite shop but since they changed hands I'm not sure. But I recently found Mark was working at Aquatic Finatic just south of Northallerton, so I'll be going there quite a lot in future.
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its a long times since paddock changed hands
i thought mark was meant to be buying aquatic fanatic
teeside koi only moved a month or so ago so i would
give them time i have found people selling up there
Malawi cichlids of late so there might be a change of tact
shortly have you been to absolute aquatics yet paddock looked
great the last time i was there sue if you fancy meeting up
with me and my missus we will buy you a coffee at paddock farm cafe
some time we can talk shop
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Mark might well have bought Aq Fin I just noticed the other people there were the same that were always there. I have bough a few things from Paddock Farm in the last few years, good quality fish too.
The problem with getting to Paddock Farm is that I don't drive and am reliant on my fish-hating husband to get to these places.........
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i take it he is not the gardening type either sue
you could always tell him to drop you off and send him to the
checkers pub just down the road or you could just come a visit
us you dont need to tell him why your visiting us lol