GREETINGS FRIENDS OF FISH
I NEED HELP! I SET UP MY fresh water AQUARIUM DOING ALL THE WRONG THINGS FIRSt trying to cycle the tank w/fish and too many. i will give you a little background on my present situation and then maybe some words of advice will get me pointed in the right direction. i have a 20 gallon long tank. temp is 84 f . i have some fake plants and just yesterday bought some real plants a purple sword thing and acouple bunches of long bushy green things that begin w/ an A. i am 16 days into starting up my tank and it still hasnt cycled. i have put in the cycle chemical however my water is still milky and not clear. my ph is 6.2 alkalinity 0. hardness approx 300 nitrites close to 10 nitrates 20 . ammonia is about a 4.0 i have a 4" pleco,3 platies,5zebra danio and 2 cory........in the first week several fish got ich which use ich rid for 8days and added some salt and cured most fish 1 platy succumbed. and a pleco got burns on its back from the heater which also died........cruddy water didnt help. i have a 100watt heater. an emporer 280 power filter and a bubble stone. and an 1.5 to 2 inches of gravel. 2 days ago i did a 25% water change and added some ace and yesterday added some stress coat and stress zyme............water is still a lil cloudy however all the fish still seem perky and one of my platys stopped ramming the ornaments. i think they're a lil excited about the new addition of the live plants. How much longer will it take for my ammonia and nitrites to go to 0?
I NEED HELP! I SET UP MY fresh water AQUARIUM DOING ALL THE WRONG THINGS FIRSt trying to cycle the tank w/fish and too many. i will give you a little background on my present situation and then maybe some words of advice will get me pointed in the right direction. i have a 20 gallon long tank. temp is 84 f . i have some fake plants and just yesterday bought some real plants a purple sword thing and acouple bunches of long bushy green things that begin w/ an A. i am 16 days into starting up my tank and it still hasnt cycled. i have put in the cycle chemical however my water is still milky and not clear. my ph is 6.2 alkalinity 0. hardness approx 300 nitrites close to 10 nitrates 20 . ammonia is about a 4.0 i have a 4" pleco,3 platies,5zebra danio and 2 cory........in the first week several fish got ich which use ich rid for 8days and added some salt and cured most fish 1 platy succumbed. and a pleco got burns on its back from the heater which also died........cruddy water didnt help. i have a 100watt heater. an emporer 280 power filter and a bubble stone. and an 1.5 to 2 inches of gravel. 2 days ago i did a 25% water change and added some ace and yesterday added some stress coat and stress zyme............water is still a lil cloudy however all the fish still seem perky and one of my platys stopped ramming the ornaments. i think they're a lil excited about the new addition of the live plants. How much longer will it take for my ammonia and nitrites to go to 0?