monkeysinacan
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Jan 17, 2009
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- 17
Ok so I thought I had everything ready for my fish. I washed off the gravel, rinsed out the tank, set up my filter and my heater, added the de-chlorinator, and the bacteria, then let the tank sit for 24 hours as per the instructions I received. The next day I went to the store to purchased three Glofish for my 10 gallon tank. They seemed happy enough and then towards the evening like clockwork the tank became gross and cloudy looking (plus I think I over fed them on that first day.) Then I learned about this wonderful little thing called the nitrogen cycle :-( So assuming the cloudiness was a bacterial bloom I did a partial water change and it helped a little, I also added an ammonia neutralizing tablet to the water fearing I was going to end up killing my fish. The next day I bought a gravel vac, ammonia and nitrite testing kits, and an airstone. After both tests came back fine I gave it a thorough vacuuming, added the airstone, another partial water change and added some more bacteria as the instructions on the bottle said I should. It is now going on day 4 of having my fish in the tank and the water is now pretty much crystal clear.
What I really want to know is if adding store bought bacteria will speed up the nitrogen cycle and will that make it any easier on my fish?
Thanks a lot
What I really want to know is if adding store bought bacteria will speed up the nitrogen cycle and will that make it any easier on my fish?
Thanks a lot