I let my tank cycle for a full 48 hours before adding my fish. 2 Black Convicts and a Green Terror. Now the day after adding the fish, the water is a bit cloudy. Before the adding, it was as clear as could be. What is the problem, and how do I correct it?
Convicts and Green Terror
- Thread starter FrWhatItsWrth
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It's not cycled...your tank is cycled when you have 0 nitrites and 0 ammonia...it can take up to 3 weeks to cycle a tank or more. What you seeing is probably a bacteria bloom. There are tons of articles on cycling your tank.
http://faq.thekrib.com/begin-cycling.html is a good article
http://fishinthe.net/html/section-viewarticle-45.html is also a good article that explains the cycling process well and it's shorter lol.
Good luck!
http://faq.thekrib.com/begin-cycling.html is a good article
http://fishinthe.net/html/section-viewarticle-45.html is also a good article that explains the cycling process well and it's shorter lol.
Good luck!
48 hours?
does not seem right, unless everything in your tank is taken from an established one
Let it cycle!
does not seem right, unless everything in your tank is taken from an established one
Let it cycle!