Anna94
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Not sure if I posted this already, but if I did sorry that it's a repeat, but it's only to give you all a backstory. Please no judgmental or rude comments.
My cycle restarted! What do I do? My last water change was Thursday. I gravel vacuumed and drained water and then added new gravel to existing gravel. While I did that I spread it around and the tank did get cloudy because of it. Also while doing that I had everything in the tank off, including the filter, but I kept adding water to my filter to keep my biological media wet. However, the water I used was the water that was already in the tank plus the new dechlorinated water that went into the tank via the pitcher with the gravel in it.
After all the gravel was added I refilled the tank, but added Prime before the new water went into the tank and I turned everything in the tank back on after a few minutes. I do weekly 50% or larger water changes and always leave my filter on during those water changes. I did another 50% water change an hour ago and dosed with Prime and Stability and will continue to dose Stability for 7 days as per the directions. Are weekly 50% water changes too much? I was told to start doing only bi weekly 25% water changes from now on. My tank is a 20 gallon long and I have 17 fish, including a horseface loach and an oto.
My cycle restarted! What do I do? My last water change was Thursday. I gravel vacuumed and drained water and then added new gravel to existing gravel. While I did that I spread it around and the tank did get cloudy because of it. Also while doing that I had everything in the tank off, including the filter, but I kept adding water to my filter to keep my biological media wet. However, the water I used was the water that was already in the tank plus the new dechlorinated water that went into the tank via the pitcher with the gravel in it.
After all the gravel was added I refilled the tank, but added Prime before the new water went into the tank and I turned everything in the tank back on after a few minutes. I do weekly 50% or larger water changes and always leave my filter on during those water changes. I did another 50% water change an hour ago and dosed with Prime and Stability and will continue to dose Stability for 7 days as per the directions. Are weekly 50% water changes too much? I was told to start doing only bi weekly 25% water changes from now on. My tank is a 20 gallon long and I have 17 fish, including a horseface loach and an oto.