Hi all,
I am hoping someone can help me with my tank.
I have a 60litre tank, with an elite filter. My tank temp is at 26 degrees c, I have been cycling for 4 weeks and introduced 5 small glass fish this friday just gone. I have been using a product that cycles the tanks quickly, so in all the tank was deemed good enough to introduce fish into.
I test using strips, and a list of products im using are...
* Aqua test strips
*Proper pH 7.0
*Nutrafin Cycle
*Nutrafin Aqua Plus
* Accu clear
I tested my tank water on friday and all parameters were within acceptable ranges except PH, which was at 8.4. So in a panic I went and bought the Proper Ph and added this to the tank, for a few hours the water clarity was the same clear, PH was a lovely 7.0...then after about 4 hours it went cloudy. So I put some Accu clear in, and since then my tank has been a nightmare.
I did a 20% water change yesterday, and added Aqua Plus to sort the tap water out, the water was still very cloudy. Last night the cloudyness was terrible so I added 2drop more of Accu clear ( as per instructions) and this morning the tank water is still cloudy, but there seems to be formations of 'fuzz' at the bottom of the tank, on the filter and actually floating around my tank.
Now, I probably have completely jiggered up my cycle, and I am actually very upset by this, but Is there anything I can do to rectify the situation??
I have probably over chemically treated my tank, but in all honesty, I have been LED to believe these treatments are safe to use and also safe to use in conjuction with each other. I also thought that the treatments were essential.
What can i do? I am in such a tizz.. I am thinking of syphoning the gravel of its 'fuzz' to remove it, do a 50% water change ( even though I did a 20% one yesterday) and wash the filter in the water I remove out of the tank so as not to remove any of its beneficial stuff. Add some Nutrafin Cycle and hope for the best? But then Im thinking Im adding MORE chemicals... will that do more harm than good Please help me someone?
Levels today are...
nitrate between 10-25
nitrite between 0 -1
KH -3d
PH -7.0
Thanks in advance
Eva
I am hoping someone can help me with my tank.
I have a 60litre tank, with an elite filter. My tank temp is at 26 degrees c, I have been cycling for 4 weeks and introduced 5 small glass fish this friday just gone. I have been using a product that cycles the tanks quickly, so in all the tank was deemed good enough to introduce fish into.
I test using strips, and a list of products im using are...
* Aqua test strips
*Proper pH 7.0
*Nutrafin Cycle
*Nutrafin Aqua Plus
* Accu clear
I tested my tank water on friday and all parameters were within acceptable ranges except PH, which was at 8.4. So in a panic I went and bought the Proper Ph and added this to the tank, for a few hours the water clarity was the same clear, PH was a lovely 7.0...then after about 4 hours it went cloudy. So I put some Accu clear in, and since then my tank has been a nightmare.
I did a 20% water change yesterday, and added Aqua Plus to sort the tap water out, the water was still very cloudy. Last night the cloudyness was terrible so I added 2drop more of Accu clear ( as per instructions) and this morning the tank water is still cloudy, but there seems to be formations of 'fuzz' at the bottom of the tank, on the filter and actually floating around my tank.
Now, I probably have completely jiggered up my cycle, and I am actually very upset by this, but Is there anything I can do to rectify the situation??
I have probably over chemically treated my tank, but in all honesty, I have been LED to believe these treatments are safe to use and also safe to use in conjuction with each other. I also thought that the treatments were essential.
What can i do? I am in such a tizz.. I am thinking of syphoning the gravel of its 'fuzz' to remove it, do a 50% water change ( even though I did a 20% one yesterday) and wash the filter in the water I remove out of the tank so as not to remove any of its beneficial stuff. Add some Nutrafin Cycle and hope for the best? But then Im thinking Im adding MORE chemicals... will that do more harm than good Please help me someone?
Levels today are...
nitrate between 10-25
nitrite between 0 -1
KH -3d
PH -7.0
Thanks in advance
Eva