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Hi I now have my new 200l tank and decided to cycle it before putting my fish in. I have been adding biomature for 2 days and last night the ammonia was at 2ppm and nitrite was 0ppm. My question is that the water has now gone cloudy, is that a normal part of the process? I dont have any gravel or ornaments or anything in, just the water. I'm told that once the ammonia or nitite reach 5-10ppm i should start adding Bacterlife to speed up the process of turning ammonia into nitrites and then into nitrates, is this a good idea? Thanks!
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I am returning to Koko's and goldfish keeping after a six year break. Here is a little of my fish keeping background: My dad kept fish off and on when I was a kid- once we kept goldfish for a whew years until a lengthy power outage required we return them to the LFS, and later the kept tropical fish after I foolishly tried to keep a tropical tank in my dorm room in college. My first experience with keeping my own goldfish started while I was nearing the end of college. I started with a ten gallon tankwhim under gravel filter, and a tiny black moor named Lucien. When Lucien got sick for the first time I stumbled onto Koko's and gained a wealth of info that led me directly down the path toward goldfish obsession. I quickly began accruing more tanks, I had a grand total of three when I gave up my fish habit- one 29 gallon with three goldfish (black moor, fantail, calico fantail), one 20 gallon with three lion heads, and one ten gallon QT tank. At some point I started having severe allergy problems-I assumed it was from a fine film of mold under the hood of my tank, and after a devastating loss of a few fry I had painstakingly kept alive,and since my husband and I were about to move into our first apartment together, I decided to sell my tank and fish, and give up the fish keeping habit. Skip ahead approximately six or seven years. Since then I have graduated from college, completed my Masters degree, and I am in my fifth year of teaching art in elementary school to kindergarteners through sixth graders. I have been engaged, married (5 year anniversary next weekend!),and had my son who will turn four this year. I also have gone through elaborate allergy tests confirming that I am not allergic to ANY molds or mildews, (only dust mites- guess I should've vacuumed more often:() and my best friend decided after three years of fish woes to get rid of her tank, so here I am again. I am currently in the process of setting up and cycling my new-to-me 29 gallon bow front tank. From the moment we brought the tank into the house I have been completely fish obsessed, worse than ever before. I quit my fish habit cold turkey six years ago and now it's almost like my past addiction is trying to make up for lost time. I plan to use this blog to post updates as I go through the process of fishless cycling and adding fish to my tank. Hoping that the blogging outlet will stop me from going completely fish crazy.
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This is gonna sound ridiculous, but is there a way to cycle a tank in a couple hours? a day? 2 days? i know there's probably not, but i guess there's just a little shred of hope within me that there's a way to quickly cycle my 10 gallon tank. i will be cycling with a winnow and a live plant, if that helps at all, and i might leave my 6 ghost shrimp in there too. I was told to do either a large water change, or completely re-cycle my tank after my two 1" goldfish died of mysterious diseases. My minnow was fine though, and so were all my shrimp. should i just do a massive water change and add my fish today ( ), or should i re-start my nitrogen cycle? i won't be cycling for more than 2 weeks. last time i didn't and my water parameters were always perfect:). besides, i don't think I'm patient enough to wait that long to add my goldies!! Please Note** i will only be keeping my goldfish in the 10 gallon while they are young. once they reach 2 inches or so, i will put them in a 30 gallon. so please don't lecture me about my tank size:)
