How much ammonia to use for fishless cycling

[yu264616]

Hi All!

I will be getting a 35 gallon tank soon and rather than stocking it slowly, especially with only 1 or 2 fish in the first month or two, I wanted to do fishless cycling for the first month or two, so that I can add a fair amount of fish to the tank at once, when it has cycled. I also hate subjecting fish to the cycling period.

Of course, I need to know how much ammonia to use per fish (or per 1 inch of fish). For example, if I want to put 12 fish in the tank at first, how much ammonia should I be using? Also, is ammonia for cycling easily obtained at a LFS? Or can you just use fish food and "feed" the empty tank every day to build up the ammonia? I imagine pure ammonia is simpler, cleaner, and better....

I guess I could use the bio spira stuff, but not 100% sure how well it works. Also, you have to put in a full bio load, and I would hate to have a full fish tank with a full bio load only to find the bio spira doesnt work!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[DavidDoyle]

Ammonia is available at any supermarket, grocery, hardware or conveniences store.

As for infor on how to fishless, use the SEARCH feature above and you will find a ton of posts on the topic.