question about fishless cycling

[lizwinz]

well i took the danios out of my 35 gal and decided to do a fishless cycle i felt so bad about them getting sick and my cycle seemed to be starting over anyway and it seemed like it would become a vicious (sp?) circle

cycle stresses fish
stressed fish get sick
i add meds
meds trash bio-filter
cycle starts over
and so on

i didn't want to go thru that again or put fish thru that again  

so here i am with a question i hope dosen't sound dumb

i read the fishless cycling article and have a pretty good idea on how to do it i'm just wondering about the ammonia-i bought a bottle of "clear" ammonia and now i'm looking at the ingredients and it says: softened water, ammonia, chelating agent. the article said no additives so i'm wondering about the chelating agent.  it's labeled as clear ammonia so i bought it, i went to a couple other stores and didn't see anything without it but i want to be sure this is okay, if it's not i'll keep looking till i find totally pure ammonia

please let me know if this is ok, i'm sorry if i sound like i'm being picky, i just want to be sure before i add it to the tank

 

[v3x10e8]

the clear amonia should be fine.  
btw, adding amonia raises pH, since amonia is a strong base, so don't worry about your pH readings just yet.

 

[luvfishies]

Yep, you're good to go.

 

[lizwinz]

thanks to both of you *thumbsupsmiley*

wish me luck  *celebratesmiley*

 

[tabby360]

good luck  *thumbsupsmiley*.

Im gonna start fishless cycling today too.

 

[lizwinz]

good luck!!

hey maybe we should race  *laughingcryingsmiley*

 

[tabby360]

ok *thumbsupsmiley*.

but i dont have any testkits yet