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i had my fish in a 5g but took it back yesterday and traded ot for a 10g and set it up and let it cycle for about 2 hours and then put fish in.
i got up this morning and the water was cloudy got that be because i dont have a algae eater in the tank or what?

what i have in tank
1 dwarf gourami
2 african dwarf frogs

Probably just because the tank is new. It was most likely a bacterial bloom.

Should clear out in a day or 2.

LOL cycling usually takes a MONTH to complete. It doesn't happen in 2 hours.

Monitor your fish closely and try not to overfeed!

Last edited by fishnewbie at 07-Aug-2005 11:49

cycling should take at least 2 weeks. The water is, like said last post, probably cloudy form a bacteria bloom. Feed sparingly. As for changin water, you really aren't supposed to change it a lot during the cycle since it takes out the ammonia the bacteria are feeding on.

i had no choice in the matter to change the water i had to take the 5g back and get a bigger tank. and couldnt wait 2 weeks to put fish in they would die.

Last edited by DwarfGourami at 07-Aug-2005 15:35

Be patient yes the tank is going to be cloudy. As it's been said the tank isn't fully cycled, but what you will be doing is cycling it with fish. Keep an eye on the water parameters, as you don't want too high of an ammonia spike to hurt your fish or frog...don't do large water changes during this time of cycling, but smaller will be better...and as I said you will need to keep an eye on the water parameters, if you don't have a test kit you need to get one to monitor the changes...best of luck, heidi

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

ok thanks
Its not that i dont have patients it was i didnt have anything else to put them in for that long. and didnt have the money then to just go get the 10g and leave them in the 5g until it cycled i had to make a trade, i had to put them in a really small 1g tank i had for a betta i once had while i went to go get the 10g which was the same price as the 5g was.

When my tank was new, I came home one day and it looked like someone had poured milk in my tank. Everyone told me it was normal, a bacterial bloom and would clear itself up. I said, 'yea, right'....but you know what??? It did! Took a few days for me to notice a difference and probably a week to completely clear up, but when it did, it was crystal clear.

Carol B

ok thats cool i was hoping it wasnt anything serious