why is my water cloudy? *pics*
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Nice lay-out, by the way. Good looking design.
I assume this is an established tank? If so, maybe it was a tad bit over-cleaned and sparked a mini-cycle w/bacterial bloom. Have you tested the water to confirm this? It should clear up on it's own in a day or two.
I assume this is an established tank? If so, maybe it was a tad bit over-cleaned and sparked a mini-cycle w/bacterial bloom. Have you tested the water to confirm this? It should clear up on it's own in a day or two.
thank you
yeah ph is 6.3
nitrates is zero
amonia is zero
mini cycle.. will my nitrites rize?
nitrifying bacteria are more delicate then ammonia bacteria. Usually you'll see a spike in nitrites before you will ammonia.
my nitates are usualy never zero but they stay low usaly.
i did a 50% change.. ive never made this big of a change... the reason why i did 50% was because i needed weight out of it so i could move the tank to add that bigg rock... the rock is fake i washed it and scrubed it down.
its not the rock.
so my nitrites will go up? wont that kill my fish!?!?
i did a 50% change.. ive never made this big of a change... the reason why i did 50% was because i needed weight out of it so i could move the tank to add that bigg rock... the rock is fake i washed it and scrubed it down.
its not the rock.
so my nitrites will go up? wont that kill my fish!?!?
the nitrites will rise during a mini cycle. yes it can kill your fish
if the nitrates are almost never 0 and they constantly have, it could be that something has harmed the bacteria that eat up nitrites and turn it into nitrates