STATMATT
10-11-2008, 11:27 PM
Well I found the mathematics to be a bit challenging and wanted to run this by the boards as to how I figured out how much ammonia to use in my aquarium.
29 gallon aquarium with 23 gallons of water in it and the rest is rocks and sand.
Tank set up for two months with no fish and rocks were added 7 days ago.
So I want to put in enough ammonia to raise the ammonia level to 4parts per million(ppm)
Well I could use my dropper bottle and drop a drop and do a test, and continue indefinitely. But I figured I could calculate where 4ppm would equal my 23 gallons of water without knowing the concentration of ammonia I have purchased.
So I started with a .75 gallon juice bottle and filled it with water. first test 0ppm ammonia so I'm starting from scratch.
so I did 2 drops of ammonia and barely got a reading.
so I did three more drops of ammonia and got a reading of 1ppm.
so I added 5 more drops and got a reading of 2ppm, to err on the side of caution I'm going to stick it here rather than adding 20 more drops.
So in my case I need 10/.75=13.3333 drops per gallon
multiply this by 23 gallons to get 307 drops for my tank.
Using the conversion 1 drop = 1/60th of a teaspoon or .02 teaspons in a drop
So 0.02teaspons/drop*307drops/tank = 5.11 teaspons
So 5.11 teaspoons for 23 gallons of water.
So I put in 4 teaspoons in my tank
Question, will the carbon in my filter strip the ammonia from the water.
I've also recently added Cichlid Buffer and Cichlid Salts to the water today.
I was going to take ammonia and hardness and pH tomorrow morning.
Tonight the pH is at 8ppm 30 minutes after adding the ammonia, but I figure it hasn't had too much time to circulate. so the higher rating than desired is appropriate for right now.
Any suggestions, comments or Oh No's!
29 gallon aquarium with 23 gallons of water in it and the rest is rocks and sand.
Tank set up for two months with no fish and rocks were added 7 days ago.
So I want to put in enough ammonia to raise the ammonia level to 4parts per million(ppm)
Well I could use my dropper bottle and drop a drop and do a test, and continue indefinitely. But I figured I could calculate where 4ppm would equal my 23 gallons of water without knowing the concentration of ammonia I have purchased.
So I started with a .75 gallon juice bottle and filled it with water. first test 0ppm ammonia so I'm starting from scratch.
so I did 2 drops of ammonia and barely got a reading.
so I did three more drops of ammonia and got a reading of 1ppm.
so I added 5 more drops and got a reading of 2ppm, to err on the side of caution I'm going to stick it here rather than adding 20 more drops.
So in my case I need 10/.75=13.3333 drops per gallon
multiply this by 23 gallons to get 307 drops for my tank.
Using the conversion 1 drop = 1/60th of a teaspoon or .02 teaspons in a drop
So 0.02teaspons/drop*307drops/tank = 5.11 teaspons
So 5.11 teaspoons for 23 gallons of water.
So I put in 4 teaspoons in my tank
Question, will the carbon in my filter strip the ammonia from the water.
I've also recently added Cichlid Buffer and Cichlid Salts to the water today.
I was going to take ammonia and hardness and pH tomorrow morning.
Tonight the pH is at 8ppm 30 minutes after adding the ammonia, but I figure it hasn't had too much time to circulate. so the higher rating than desired is appropriate for right now.
Any suggestions, comments or Oh No's!