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True! But as for the cloudiness, it should go away with time right? These are the bacterias that produce ammonia and the bacterias that form to break the ammonia down should start to build up. Wow this is some neat stuff. How long before the cloud disappears? I will keep the ammonium and nitrite...

Thanks for the advice guys, i appreciate the time taken to type it out. Im a fairly new hobbyist and have many questions. One more being that when should i do my water changes. I tested for nitrites and its 0ppm right now and my ammonia is 0.25ppm . So this means that the bacteria are forming...

Right now, my water just turned whitish cloudy. Im guessing this is a sign of a bacteria bloom which is good. Now i already have fish in there and i was wondering whether a partial change will kill of these bacterias or not? Im kind of confused..the bacteria develop in the water and in my water...

hi guys! i just wanted to update with latest addition. I added the safestart batrerial colonies. The strands present are as follows: nitrosomonas, nitrosospira and nitrosopira. I have 2 zebra danois and 3 rasboras both are hardy fish and look okay. I got them yesterday. Hopefully, Saefestart (a...

I just added 5 fish to my aquarium. 2 are the zebra danios and the other 3 are the rasboras heteromorpha. I got them from a LFS. They seem okay for now. Now here is the thing. This fish are supposed to be hardy fish and can be used for fish cycle i.e. they are going to help the bacterial...

Hi there Lord Zogat! I have also just set up a 20 gallon tank and havant decided on the fish for the tank. Like you, I also want colorful and peaceful fish. So Platies and Gouramis do look like a safe choice to begin with. I have been reading up on a few others and will post any useful fact and...

Your probably right about soaking it for at least a day and also, what amount of alkalinity (ppm) should there be for tropical fish? There is one thing I am still confused about. What temperature is good for tropical fish? Knowing a temperature range would really help me out when choosing the...

I have just set up a 20 gallon tank and poured all the water and treated it with all the necessary solutions (Stress zyme by Aquarium pharmaceuticals) to make it habitable. Its been a day and a half since its been running and i still havant put in fish. I want to put the gravel in now. So I...