Shaunandkel
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Ok, several weeks ago my wifes 2 year old beta fish died, so to make her feel better about it I bought her a 10 gallon tank, with a filter and heater. I took the pet stores advice (Jack's aquarium) and waited about a week before adding any fish.
We added 2 tiger barbs and 2 gouramis. Well one of the gouramis kept attacking the other one, so we got rid of it and added 3 more tiger barbs. And then one of the tiger barbs got stuck in a rock decoration we had stuck agains the back of the aquarium, so we got rid of the rock and now we are down to 4 tiger barbs and 1 gourami. All of the fish get along fine.
Anyways, here's my problem. Last week I was doing some research because we had some algae forming in the tank. Low and behold I find this site, and start reading about "cycling" your tank and what not. So now I have cloudy water with some algae, and I don't know if my water is killing my fish or not. I was doing some research on here tonight, and went out and bought an ammonia test kit, nitrite test kit, and a nitrate test kit. I also bought a vacuum for my gravel. I also bought a ammonia filter (one of those bags that goes in your filter mechanism). As I was looking around, I was realizing that I don't know what the heck I am doing . PLEASE HELP ME!
We added 2 tiger barbs and 2 gouramis. Well one of the gouramis kept attacking the other one, so we got rid of it and added 3 more tiger barbs. And then one of the tiger barbs got stuck in a rock decoration we had stuck agains the back of the aquarium, so we got rid of the rock and now we are down to 4 tiger barbs and 1 gourami. All of the fish get along fine.
Anyways, here's my problem. Last week I was doing some research because we had some algae forming in the tank. Low and behold I find this site, and start reading about "cycling" your tank and what not. So now I have cloudy water with some algae, and I don't know if my water is killing my fish or not. I was doing some research on here tonight, and went out and bought an ammonia test kit, nitrite test kit, and a nitrate test kit. I also bought a vacuum for my gravel. I also bought a ammonia filter (one of those bags that goes in your filter mechanism). As I was looking around, I was realizing that I don't know what the heck I am doing . PLEASE HELP ME!