filter wasnt on >_<

[Fish Fingers]

im not really sure if this is the section for this but i guess it is an emergency.ive just realised my filter wasnt fully plugged in so it hasnt been running. it could of been not running for as long as 3 days. would the bacteria have died? if it has how do i stop my tank from cycling again?

 

[lucky62]

For how long ?

Rinse the media , and do a water change , don't over feed for a few days .

Maybe pass on feeding at all for a day or so .

All surfaces in your tank should have colonies of bacteria on them , not just inside your filter .

You should be ok , as long as your stocking level isn't to high .

Water changes

 

[NickT]

nless your tank is smaller than 29g you sholdnt have a problem. small tanks can get out of hand quickly but if it was well established i agree theres no problem

 

[WILDER]

If you have test kit test for ammonia,nitrite,nitrate,and ph, and just do a water change.

 

[Fish Fingers]

my tank is only newly established and its overstocked because i'm keeping mbuna. i havent had itme to test the nitrites or nitrates but my ammonia is 0.25 and my PH is 8.5. ill do a water change and try to get some used filter media off a friend but im not sure what else i can do to stop it from spiking. if all the bacteria has dided in my filter there wont be enough bacteria to use up the ammonia will there?

 

[WILDER]

How big is the tank, and what type of fish and how many, if you don't have scaless fish add some salt this will help alittle.

 

[Fish Fingers]

the tank is 65 US gallons. i have mbuna in there(red zebras, electric yellows, salousi's and some hybrid type) and a bristlenose catfish. i have 16 fish altogether which is about 71 inches of fish.