laurelhed
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I'm cycling my 20 gallon tank which has been up and running for a while, but I am finally cycling it properly (no fish). I added ammonia up to 4ppm, nitrIte was 5.0ppm, nitrAte at .5ppm. Today it is cloudy as heck and getting cloudier! Ammonia was down to 1ppm, so I dosed back up to 4ppm like I read you're supposed to do. My tank is currently at 84 degrees and gets bright indirect light through a window with opaque film on it. No major algae problem. Hardly see any at all, so light doesn't seem to be an issue right now. I'm guessing I've got a bacterial bloom? Could it be something else? Should I do a water change or try to stop it? Or is this part of cycling?