It's rediculous. I read the instructions carefully and when the instructions are wrong what chance do you have! It set me back weeks. It's a could cycle, but it's definitely 1 drop per gallon. Glad to hear you are back on track. Thank you for watching and commenting. 👍

Glad found your channel you've given me loads of tips very helpful keep it up mate.

@@birdman-oh3mz thank you for commenting and sharing your thoughts 👍.

Wow, it's great to have followers from Australia. Welcome. 😊👍 So jealous of your operation, sound like your running a big operation. Clearly you have the reefing bug 😂. At the moment I'm using a company called Spotless Water, which is great by my scale of reefing. If and when I upgrade I will definetely invest in a 4 stage RO filter. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment and follow. Hope your tanks are doing well? Take care 😊

Thanks David. You always share the positivity. Take Care. Glad you are following us.

@@jaysrealreefuk Loving the Journey!

Need to find a new supplier near me or invest in an RODI filter.

Thank you so much for taking your time to help me. I always under dose everything, it seems to be the rule in reefing. Half the dose and double the time! 😂 It seems to be doing something, but need to review in 3 to 4 weeks. Hope your tank is going well? Thank you for watching and following.

Mate it's a nightmare! Can't believe the bottle is incorrect and still not been changed! I had to reset my cycle. But worked out well in the end. Thank you for watching and commenting 🙂👍

So frustrating on the ammonia front. But we are back on track following the water change! The rodi is coming once I've convinced my wife to have it under the sink j the kitchen 😅. Thank you for following the journey. Take Care.

@@jaysrealreefuk Hi You just need to have the rodi t- peice connection under the sink and bring the unit out when you need it.. I've mounted rodi and pump on a board and have it stored away till i need it.. Easier than stuffing it under the sink!!

Hahahaha...things you do to try and keep your wife sweet, so she doesn't shut the tank down!! I need some luck. Take Care.

That is such a good point. Don't want to chip the tank. Plastic from now on. Thank you for following and commenting. Take Care. 👌

Let's hope.👏😂. Take Care.

So far so good on the salt front. Many of the nicest tanks on KZfaq use this salt. That's the reason for going with it myself. It mixes really easily and the salinity is very stable. Too early to comment on coral growth yet, but the alklanity sits nicely between 8.5 and 9dkh so far. Thank you for taking the time to comment and follow our journey. Take Care.

I did a 20 litre water change and tested ammonia again. If ammonia was still present I didn't add any more ammonia. When the ammonia reading was zero I added another 10 drops. I did this 3 times. I also added a full bottle (small bottle) of Dr Tim's following the water change. Apparently,.you can't overdose the bacteria. Hope this helps. Thank you for commenting. Take Care.

Hi Jay thank you for the video on the high ammonia am in the same boat lol done my water changes and just waiting on my bacteria coming from swell. Are you able to share your light schedule and how long you have in on and what time you have the lights coming on at cheers

The ammonia bottle tells you to add 4 drops per gallon,but trust me it should be 1 drop per gallon. Lots of forums have written about overdosing Dr Tim's ammonia on Google . I read this after as I trusted the label. It took my cycle 8 weeks due to the ammonia overdose. Don't make my mistake my friend. Take care and thank you for commenting.

@@jaysrealreefuk I had already made the same mistake before coming across your video/channel. I'm going to get some more RO water to do a 50% water change before re adding beneficial bacteria. From your video I was unsure if you added any further ammonia at any point during the second cycle or did you use what was left from the original overdose?

@@mattywillo23 it's so frustrating when you spend a fortune on the tank and carefully follow the instructions and then you hit this problem..it took me 6 to 8 weeks to cycle to 0 ammonia with countless water changes. But I continued to add more on 3 other days taking off the scale and into space. Don't add anymore more till it reads zero ppm over a 24 hour period. Another mistake I made was I thought the tank had cycled as it was showing zero. So I stocked it with clownfish, goby and some clean up crew who started to turn over the sand bed and released loads of ammonia again! I was doing a 50% water change every day to keep them alive. My sand bed became an ammonia trap and I didn't know till the goby and snails turned it over!. However, on the positive note the cycle has been very stable and running well. So it is a good cycle when it's complete. My advice would be. Do your water change, vac your sand bed. Once the ammonia reads below 2ppm add more Dr Tim's bacteria to replenish the population, then test every day until ammonia reads 0ppm. Then add 10 drops of ammonia and see if it reads zero again after 24 hours. If it does the tank is cycled and ready for fish. Sorry about the long message, but I didn't want you to make the same mistakes as me. Like I say, great cycle once you get the ammonia back under control in the water and sand. Take care. Let me know how you get on.👍

Thanks for watching the channel 🙂

Thank you mate. Means alot. 👌

So sorry,I've not seen your comment. Yes mate, it helped to reduce the ammonia to manageable levels for the nitrifying bacteria. Thank you for commenting 👍

We are back on track following the water change. The TDS was 0.008. That should be ok, right? Thanks for following, glad you are part of the journey. Take care mate 👍

@@jaysrealreefuk Hi Mate, If its 0.008 then I guess that's ok. I'm only a year into the hobby so still a novice at reefing. I've personally never known TDs to be measured in decimals, but that doesn't they aren't. I notice your pen does EC and TDS, its definitely on the TDS setting isn't it?

That's interesting. Just had a look and it says TDS. I know when I measured the tap water it was around 250ppm! Thanks for your support. 👌

if your ammonia is 5ppm, you've added far too much ammonia chloride like I did. Not a problem, but will take longer to cycle. The tank hasn't started to cycle yet. Complete a large water change (50 percent or above to half the ammonia). Once the ammonia is 2ppm or under add some new nitrifying bacteria to replenish the populations. Keep the high temp and no filters and floss like you are. When the ammonia drops to 0 over the coming weeks. You should then see a nitrite spike and then finally nitrates. When ammonia and nitrite or no higher than 0.2ppm you can add your first fish. Tank will be cycled. The instructions for Dr Tims ammonia is wrong! Lots of forums on Google have wrote about it. When I started to use 1 drop per gallon the cycled worked perfectly. Hope that helps. Thank you for commenting and following. 👍

My tank after the delayed cycle has been brilliant and very stable, which is the positive of a long cycle. Mine took 6 to 8 weeks 😬

Thanks for the advice Jay , Yes I noticed it used to be 1 drop per gallon but now 4. I can't understand why they changed the dosage when it originally worked and its the same solution. Yeah I was a plank and followed the instructions how strange that sounds. I think I will like you said to do a water change. I'm gonna wait another 48 hours just incase because I'm using the API master test kit and it's so hard to match the colours from 2pm to 8pm. I must be going colour blind! I've heard same problems with the test kit. When you realised you added way to much and you commenced a water change how many different days did you add Ammonia beforehand? Was it one like me or more? When I'm back on track and I do generally need to add more Ammonia I'm scared how much to add lol. Cheers Jay.

It is so frustrating, when like us you spend the time researching and carefully reading the instructions. However, long term it did turn out to be a positive. I wouldn't dose any ammonia, initial after the water change and it drops below 1ppm. Too up the nitrifying bacteria when it gets to this level. When ammonia is zero stick to the 1 drop per gallon. When you have zero nitrites and ammonia, but nitrates above 1ppn your tank is cycled. Hope that helps. Keep me posted on your progress. Take care. 👍

@@jaysrealreefuk Yes I've had Malawi Cichlids for 5 years and the fish research time is incredible. It Does my wife head in but never mind lol. I've tested this morning only 18 hours after my last test results and positive news! My Ammonia has definitely decreased but still hard to measure but looks like 3ppm. Nitrite still 0 but will be testing again about 19:00. Positive with the results just wanna see some Nitrite.

So true. Thanks my friend - solid advice. 👍

Good decision mate. The instructions are simply wrong. Thank you for watching the video and commenting. I really appreciate it. 🙂

@@jaysrealreefuk and to think this guy is probably a millionaire by selling such a dangerous product like this with the worst instructions ever! Goodwood school fish flakes is the way I do it. Don't add anything bottled!

Don't do 4 drops per gallon it causes a massive spike, it took me over a month to cycle. Lots of people have written about it. I would go one drop.per gallon still. Are yo Fishless cycling? Thank you for commenting and subscribing . 👍

@@jaysrealreefuk Yeah I have a freshwater tank though and am dosing to 4ppm, cant pretend I understand marine. day 14 today and ammonia has all been used up, high nitrite and high nitrate still. My kh is sliding down so keeping an eye on that too, one of the most frustrating part of fish keeping! did you get there in the end?

It looks like you cycle is going well., Just need to wait on the nitrite. Yeah, successfully cycled after about 5 weeks and the tank has been running well. Keep me posted on the progress of your tank 👍

@@jaysrealreefuk Couple more weeks be fine, its not marine though :-)

@@lostmangos have you ever fancied a marine tank. This is my first one and with your freshwater experience you would have a massive advantage.👌

It is my friend 👍 Is this your closest LFS?

It’s the closest to me yes but it’s not my preferred shop. I normally go to warf aquatics at Pinxton. Heading over there tomorrow in fact for a yellow clown goby for my nano.

Think I need to give Pinxton a visit. At the moment it's my water source. I'm going to stock the tank from Aaron's Aquarium and Cellar Marine 👍

Thinking about it Aaron’s is probably closer to me than dobbies. I went there other day and he was having a huge move round. Always check what the TDS is at dobbies before getting water as it can sometimes be very high. And they won’t tell you unless you ask. Warf is excellent you won’t be disappointed and they have some great stock in all the time.

Cheers for the tips mate. Good to get some inside knowledge on our LFS's. Take Care.

Not used ATM Colony. Only Dr Tim's one and only. 👍

I was a novice added that and 2 clowns not looked back, that is your bacteria

@@16cheesy wish I'd done the same. We are getting back on track now....slowly. thanks for commenting. 👍

@@jaysrealreefuk i hope it does work 🙏 I'm not a professional like yourself but it was so much easier for a novice, Google it please

I may be inpatient for you to get up and going and waiting for your vids, but I think you need it

That's defiantly the next step. Any recommendations for a good RODI.filter?! Only needs to produce 50 litres or so per week. Thank you for commenting and following.

Speak to Sam at vyair he will sort you out 👌👌👌as most ro units the filters are not good enough for the water in the area

@@BloodbowlDave thank you. I don't need high volume, but I want high quality water. I will check out Vyair today. Thank you my friend. Take Care.

Haha 😂....it's grim! It took mine over 40 days to cycle! But it's worth it when you get the first fish and corals in. Stick with it mate 👍 Take Care.

@@jaysrealreefuk I havent started yet cant understand various bits of it so wont start until I am 100% sure

@@lostmangos Dr Tim's is good if you use the correct amount of ammonia dosing. Some good videos on it on You Tube by Dr Tim himself. Have a lovely evening.

@@jaysrealreefuk Using the correct amount is my issue 😆 Thanks Jay 👍

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