Tynk,
There was no scrub down. just a water draining gravel vacuum that
removed most of the water. Then the gravel was removed into a large
plastic tub and replaced about 5 hours later. along with refilling the
tank with newly treated water. Then the pets were added about two
hours after that.

so setup canister was unpluged about 4-5 hours then turned back on.
I'm planning to do the weekly gravel vacuum on Saturday that replaces
about one third the water. third one since the move.

I may have added too much salt on the initial fill causing the bio-bug
issue. the water is a whiteish cloudy but does not smell rank.
The orandas and frogs seem to be fine and happy.

Thanks,


Nitrifying bacteria are very sticky and adhere to the surfaces they're
on like glue.
When you did the move, did you also scrub down all the walls, decor,
etc as well?
I'm also wondering how long did this tank go from draining (and
turning the canister filter off, but leaving it's water and filter
media in it until set up in the new home), to set up.
Your tank sounds like it's in an obvious cycling period, so keep up
the water changes and gravel vacuuming.
You have 2 types of high polluters in your tank, so don't slack off.
= )~
It'll clear slowly on it's own.
It's now just a matter of figuring out why it's cycling. Somewhere
enough nitrifying bacteria were killed off, and knowing (when) can
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