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rbreak7 Small Fry Posts: 5 Kudos: 7 Votes: 0 Registered: 08-Nov-2004   | I just started my new 50 gal tank about 1 week ago today. About 3 days ago my tank went totally cloudy. I have no fish in the tank yet. I added ph adjuster to bring the levels down and I added what thsy call "stress releif" which i was told was a de-clorinator. What did I do wrong? Do I need to empty the tank and startr from scratch? Help. |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19 |     |
friedrice Hobbyist Posts: 87 Kudos: 72 Votes: 3 Registered: 14-Aug-2004  | Your tank is cycling. The cloudy water is a sign of bacterial bloom from my experience. |
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| rbreak7 Small Fry Posts: 5 Kudos: 7 Votes: 0 Registered: 08-Nov-2004 | What if anything do I do? |
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| friedrice Hobbyist Posts: 87 Kudos: 72 Votes: 3 Registered: 14-Aug-2004 | IMHO i wouldn't do anything, but you could read up on a lot of information on "cycling" on the this website. There is some products which speed up cycling such as NIC, but i ve never used them so im not in the position to say anything. |
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Babelfish          Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003   | Doing nothing is actually the best thing you can do in this case. That and test your water daily for ammonia, nitrIte, and nitrAte  . [link=Here is info on cycling]http://www.fishprofiles.net/faq/begin-cycling.asp" style="COLOR: #EB4288[/link]. Products like Cycle and biospira contain the bacteria that you're trying to grow. ^_^   [link=H2g2]http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/upgrade.html" style="COLOR: #EB4288[/link] 2005 Don't Leave Home Without it |
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Gomer  Ultimate Fish Guru Small Fry with BBQ Sauce Posts: 3602 Kudos: 1709 Votes: 106 Registered: 29-Mar-2002  | Let things take its course. Monitor the ammonia and nitrite levels. Feed gently. Don't clean the tank or filters. It will pass on its own. -- Gomer |
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