80four
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hello,
Yesterday i was quite literally thrown in at the deep end... My brother is moving to australia and i agreed to take his tank and fish when he was packing up... anyway that day came yesterday, the fish were put into transport bags like you get at the fish shop, the water drained into large water containers and the tank cleaned. Unfortunatly the tank was damaged during transportation... the front glass pannel was badly cracked.
About 45 minutes later, my brother comes back with a brand spanking new tank, a pretty nice one in my opinion, a tropiquarium 88... its basically an all in the box ready to go job.
We set up the filter, put 50% of the water from the old tank alongside 50% tap water (this is what the guy at the fish place suggested), warmed it all up to the correct temperatures then added the chlorine nutrualising liquid and the bacteria adding liquid, left it for a couple of hours and then introduced the fish allowing them to adjust to the heat and new water.
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The fish seam to have taken to the tank without any problems, what i'm concerned about is the fact that the water in the tank has gone a milky colour... i gave my brother a quick buzz and he suggested that this was a result of the tank going through a cycle and once it is ready it'll magically overnight go crystal clear?
How long do you think i should leave things to settle for before i start to add plants?
Thanks for helping a
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Yesterday i was quite literally thrown in at the deep end... My brother is moving to australia and i agreed to take his tank and fish when he was packing up... anyway that day came yesterday, the fish were put into transport bags like you get at the fish shop, the water drained into large water containers and the tank cleaned. Unfortunatly the tank was damaged during transportation... the front glass pannel was badly cracked.
About 45 minutes later, my brother comes back with a brand spanking new tank, a pretty nice one in my opinion, a tropiquarium 88... its basically an all in the box ready to go job.
We set up the filter, put 50% of the water from the old tank alongside 50% tap water (this is what the guy at the fish place suggested), warmed it all up to the correct temperatures then added the chlorine nutrualising liquid and the bacteria adding liquid, left it for a couple of hours and then introduced the fish allowing them to adjust to the heat and new water.
.:: Main Question Starts Below ::.
The fish seam to have taken to the tank without any problems, what i'm concerned about is the fact that the water in the tank has gone a milky colour... i gave my brother a quick buzz and he suggested that this was a result of the tank going through a cycle and once it is ready it'll magically overnight go crystal clear?
How long do you think i should leave things to settle for before i start to add plants?
Thanks for helping a
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