How long do you recon for ammonia to build up?

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I put sinking pellets in it. It’s for a wee lesson on the nitrogen cycle for my P5s - just for fun. They are enjoying my fish videos! 🤣
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Heterotrophic bacteria will need to build up to breakdown the food and release the ammonia. It’ll start straight away if it’s dechlorinated, and it should appear on a test in maybe a week or so, depending on how sensitive the test kit is.
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Ooh this looks very interesting. I'll go 6 days if we are having a sweepstake
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PaulVerrall wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 19:22 pm Ooh this looks very interesting. I'll go 6 days if we are having a sweepstake
Lol! Place your bets!!
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Well, what do the kids think how long this will take? They're usually right :)
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Give it 3days :)
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Your water's quite soft, so it should be relatively quickly 3-5 days probably as I don't know whether the pellets are coated or not.......
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Ruth wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 18:00 pm
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Hope you used a dechlorinator?
WARNING - DO NOT BREED, FEED OR PET THE PUDDLE! :dodgy2:
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Yes Mr Puddle!
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