Keep the ammonia down!! Defiantly stay with the bigger water changes cause that's the only way to fight it off. After a few day's don't give up because it takes some work!
Cloudy Tank
- Thread starter SOBBERMAN
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Yes, a fish-in cycle can take weeks and requires patience and diligence.
If you know someone with healthy tanks, and can get them to give you either a piece of filter media from their tank, or even some squeezings from their filter media/sponge, you can put that in your filter to seed your tank with the needed bb. (beneficial bacteria) This will help jump-start the bacterial colony you need in your tank.
The key word here is HEALTHY. You don't want to get it from someone unless you know they have no disease or parasites in their tank.
If you know someone with healthy tanks, and can get them to give you either a piece of filter media from their tank, or even some squeezings from their filter media/sponge, you can put that in your filter to seed your tank with the needed bb. (beneficial bacteria) This will help jump-start the bacterial colony you need in your tank.
The key word here is HEALTHY. You don't want to get it from someone unless you know they have no disease or parasites in their tank.
I did a fish-in cycle with Stability from SeaChem in a 30G...
The only fish I lost came from a source that sells terrible stock anyway... Make daily WC of 10-25% and test daily... keep watching for spikes and be ready to make multiple WC's in order to keep the fish happy.
The only fish I lost came from a source that sells terrible stock anyway... Make daily WC of 10-25% and test daily... keep watching for spikes and be ready to make multiple WC's in order to keep the fish happy.
good to hear. but isnt that too many nitrates? i thought .25 was the safe range?
IDK correct me if im wrong.
IDK correct me if im wrong.
5PPM is whats considered low for a planted tank. niTRItes on the other hand need to .25 or lower.
