Hello, im new to this site and aquariums all together, anyways i have a 50 gallon tank, and it was all good, till my girlfriend wanted pink gravel, so we emptied out the tank, placed new gravel, and the worst thing, we cleaned out the filter, so now i got 20 fish, all in there already, as i said im new, and the waters all cloudy and stinks because i dont have bacteria to break down the waste, what should i do? i added some nutrafin cycle and waste eliminator, also performed like a 40 pervent water change, the water stoopped stinking, but in 10 minutes it came back.What do i do?, i dont want all my fish to suffer and die.
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I just learned about cycling but I already have fish. What now?!
I think this is a link that may help, Not sure why ur tank is smelly I'm new too but as for things I've read i think ur going to have to do significant water changes at least once a day
I think this is a link that may help, Not sure why ur tank is smelly I'm new too but as for things I've read i think ur going to have to do significant water changes at least once a day
BeavisMom62
Aquarium Advice Freak
Did you rinse the new gravel real well? That won't have anything to do with the smell, but it might have something to do with being cloudy. I agree with the pwc's daily, Ruth. Are you using Prime, Kodzkey?
eco23
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Ruth87 said:
Yep, this is the answer. It's gonna send your tank into a major mini-cycle if not close to starting over with that much cleaning and replacing things. This article will be your (and your fishes) best friend for the next few weeks. Good luck!
Randi
Aquarium Advice Regular
Prime is a brand of dechlorinator that neutralizes ammonia and nitrites (temporarily)
eco23
Aquarium Advice Addict
HN1 said:
That should be the logo for the site, lol. Classic and 100% true. BTW, thank you for writing what I think is the most important article on the site.
Yes. It's a "Python" water changer. There are multiple brands. They basically speed and ease water changes. Siphon and a bucket work too, but I go for "lazy" more often than not these days.
TY. If it's helped one person to avoid the mistakes I made with my first tank, it's been more than worth it. You are too kind. There are some incredibly well written articles and stickies here.
BeavisMom62
Aquarium Advice Freak
Pretty much the same thing. You clean your gravel when you change your water. But the picture was a Python, which is very helpful if you have a big tank. Wish I had one. I have to use 5 gal buckets on my 60 gal tank. Four to five of the 5 gal buckets of water every week! Five buckets out, five buckets in! Whew! But you should see my arms!
Well thanks for all the input i appreciate it. Looks like theres alot to learn for me. It seems to be better now, the fish seem ok. I put some of a friends gravel from an established aquarium into mine, along with the cycle product and it looks like they should be ok.Ill just have to continue monitoring the water and do water changes whenever needed. The article was great and ill be refering back to it often. Thanks alot.
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