cloudy water
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cazersfish - Posts: 13
- Joined: Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:31 pm
cloudy water
i had my fish tank setup for a week with no fish in it. then i put my fish in and a week and a bit laterits still a bit cloudy is this normal?
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devina - Posts: 21
- Joined: Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:10 am
Yes this is normal it is a bacteria bloom which means your tank is cycling you should get a test kit to test ammonia nitrite and nitrate when it is done cycling ammonia nad nitrite will read zero and nitrate will be between 20 and 40 ppm do a 20% water change a week until cycled
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cazersfish - Posts: 13
- Joined: Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:31 pm
thanks for telling me and i was just wondering how long would it be if i dont add any chemicals to it. btw nice tank
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Soupy - Posts: 7
- Joined: Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:32 am
I would say typically it would take about a month to cycle without chemicals but it can vary greatly. Anywhere from about 2-6 weeks. Your tank already got cloudy though so I would say relatively soon.