Bacteria bloom

you dont want the bacteria to die, you need the bacteria and it needs food

"GiveMeABMW" wrote in message
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Hi, I have a new tank I posted about the other day (see "Cycle or no
cycle")
which last night began to look slightly cloudy (a white cloud). I can
still see
through it. I plan to get an ammonia (as well as some others) test today
to see
if that's risen because of it, but what else should I do? I assume I
shouldn't
add fish until the water has cleared. Will the bacteria die away on their
own?

In article ,
says...
Hi, I have a new tank I posted about the other day (see "Cycle or no cycle")
which last night began to look slightly cloudy (a white cloud). I can still see
through it. I plan to get an ammonia (as well as some others) test today to see
if that's risen because of it, but what else should I do? I assume I shouldn't
add fish until the water has cleared. Will the bacteria die away on their own?


Sounds like a clear-cut case of "new tank syndrome" to me.
See http://faq.thekrib.com/begin-cycling.html
for all the gory details. You don't want the bacteria to "die"
rather you want it to find a home. Read that article!

Check out a product by Marineland called "Bio-Spira" not
available online, only at some LFSs.
Gunther

OK..finally have some tank stats for y'all:

Ammonia: 1.0 (person at pet store found .5)
ph: 8.4 (7.8 in store)
Nitrate: 20
Nitrite: 0
Hardness: 300
Alkalinity: 300

(Any reason for the discrepancies? Which one should I go by?)

So, basically my water is crap right now. I've put in "ph decreaser," I plan to
change 25% of the water tomorrow, and add Amquel+. Any other suggestions? I
don't remember my water being so bad when I had a fish tank before.

your pH is fine. leave it alone. that is nitrite that is 20 correct? just keep
changing water until that ammonia ad nitrites are barely detectable. Ingrid

(GiveMeABMW) wrote:

OK..finally have some tank stats for y'all:

Ammonia: 1.0 (person at pet store found .5)
ph: 8.4 (7.8 in store)
Nitrate: 20
Nitrite: 0
Hardness: 300
Alkalinity: 300

(Any reason for the discrepancies? Which one should I go by?)

So, basically my water is crap right now. I've put in "ph decreaser," I plan to
change 25% of the water tomorrow, and add Amquel+. Any other suggestions? I
don't remember my water being so bad when I had a fish tank before.



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