Ammonium chloride
ammonium
NH₄Cl
Manufacturer data
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What one dose does
PARAMETER
1 g / 100 L
Ammonia
+3.184 ppm NH₃/NH₄⁺
To raise ammonia by 1 ppm NH₃/NH₄⁺ in 100 L: 0.31 g.
How it’s used
Only for fishless cycling of a new system, usually to about 2 ppm, re-dosed as the bacteria consume it.
Cautions
• Never dose ammonia to a tank with livestock.
• Nitrification of the dose consumes alkalinity.
Sources
Molar mass 53.49 g/mol.
stoichiometry (IUPAC atomic weights)