I wanted to try the pure ammonia and looked for it at the store, but was afraid I would get the wrong stuff any really mess everything up. As far as the "dead fish" goes. I read on a link that someone here posted and it suggested adding a 1"x2" piece of fish (or shrimp) and I seen a $12 filet marked down to $3 (it would of just ended up in the garbage anyway, it smelled terrible) so I thought I'd give it a whirl. The first batch of lr I got from the lfs was super clean and didn't seem to do much, but the second batch I ordered online wasn't quite as clean and I think helped more. Both fully cured.

I'm just trying to do as much right as I can. I don't want to have a ton of money wrapped up in something that's just going to cause a lot of frustration. I'm sure I'll make a ton of mistakes, but I'm hoping it will be fun, relaxing, enjoyable, etc...... =)