The sticky says 5 drops of ammonia per 10 gallons, but what amount of drops? A ml? a unit on a pipette? a drop based on our interpretation?
5 drops is ~1/4th of a ml. This is a general estimate and might vary, but I'm certain the amount of variance is immaterial.
Either I'm way overdosing or way underdosing prime if 1 drop = 1/4ml. I just took a cap from a bottle of prime (5ml according to the label) and it took 124 drops from the pipette provided with hagen test kits to fill the cap. By that totally non-scientific measurement, 1mL = ~25 drops.
It's not 1 drop=1/4ml. It's 5 drops.
So once you have gotten the ammonia and nitrite to zero you continue adding three drops of ammonia per gallon? Even after the fish are in the tank?