freshyfish
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi everyone,
I'm running into several problems with my 10G tank. Here's the history.
Bought a new tank 10G with heater. Added fish in 2 days without knowing about cycling. Fishes got ick...added ick medicine. I treated for couple of days without carbon. I put the carbon back and it became blue. Week later fishes got ick again, i took the carbon out and added ick medicine again. Three weeks i was struggling with ick. Then added the carbon back. Main mistake i did was i rinsed the carbon with cold water from tap. So tank did not cycle for one month. Then i got irritated with cycling and went to LFS to get some filter media or gravel. Got some gravel from running tank and added. Cycling did not start yet. Went again and got a filter media. Did a big water change almost 90%. Added dechlorinated water and added filter media and added all the fishes. Two days i saw nitrate close to 5ppm. I thought it worked and was happy. Checked again yesterday and i'm seeing ammonia rising to 0.25. I did a 25% water change and added prime. Checked again today, ammonia was same 0.25. Did one more 25% water change.
Please tell my why the cycling did not continue and why i'm seeing ammonia again. Did all the BB died? Temperature is constant at 78. Will prime kill the BB? Please help.
I'm running into several problems with my 10G tank. Here's the history.
Bought a new tank 10G with heater. Added fish in 2 days without knowing about cycling. Fishes got ick...added ick medicine. I treated for couple of days without carbon. I put the carbon back and it became blue. Week later fishes got ick again, i took the carbon out and added ick medicine again. Three weeks i was struggling with ick. Then added the carbon back. Main mistake i did was i rinsed the carbon with cold water from tap. So tank did not cycle for one month. Then i got irritated with cycling and went to LFS to get some filter media or gravel. Got some gravel from running tank and added. Cycling did not start yet. Went again and got a filter media. Did a big water change almost 90%. Added dechlorinated water and added filter media and added all the fishes. Two days i saw nitrate close to 5ppm. I thought it worked and was happy. Checked again yesterday and i'm seeing ammonia rising to 0.25. I did a 25% water change and added prime. Checked again today, ammonia was same 0.25. Did one more 25% water change.
Please tell my why the cycling did not continue and why i'm seeing ammonia again. Did all the BB died? Temperature is constant at 78. Will prime kill the BB? Please help.