Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Coach I forgot to say:

Don't use Hydrogen Peroxide anywhere near your fish or in your system as it will kill both the bacteria colony and the fish.

Read the instructions very carefully.
http://fish-etc.com/knowledge/tank-maintenance-tips

ebeuerle wrote: "Yeah just use ammonia from drugstore-make sure it doesn't have surfactants in it(shake it and if you see soap like bubbles then don't buy it. I can post a formula you can you on how much you should add but basically need to add enough to keep it around 2-3 ppm. Once the nitrites show up then half the ammonia you are adding." Good advice, thanks, but another AP guy gave me a baggie of ammonia specifically for this. I was looking for a proportion. Although the bag doesn't say what concentration the powder is, I was hoping a PPM or PPT figure someone might know