Bacterial Bloom Arhhhh
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Hi Louis23,
Why not have a read at the pinned article on bacterial blooms. It should explain everything you need to know. There is a link to it in my sig below.
Cheers
BTT
Why not have a read at the pinned article on bacterial blooms. It should explain everything you need to know. There is a link to it in my sig below.
Cheers
BTT
Hi Louis23,
Why not have a read at the pinned article on bacterial blooms. It should explain everything you need to know. There is a link to it in my sig below.
Cheers
BTT
i did read it but still a little unshure about it, today its started to clear up so what should i do carry out a 25% water change?
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Water changes won't help much towards clearing the cloudiness in the water. The bacteria responsible for the cloudiness can double every 15 minutes, so just to stop it getting worse would require a 50% water change every 15 minutes.
However, a side effect of a bacterial bloom can be an ammonia spike, which can be deadly for fish. Do you have an ammonia test kit? If there is ammonia present in your water, you should start doing large water changes right away.
Blooms will usually disperse without any action being required, but ammonia needs to be dealt with immediately. The cause of a bacterial bloom is usually dead organic matter being left in the tank (dead fish, plant leaves, fish poo). The best way to treat the bloom, should you wish to do so, is to remove this waste from the tank.
No waste = No bloom
Making sure this waste is not allowed to build up is the key to preventing future blooms too. Gravel vac thoroughly on a regular basis, and everything should be fine going forward.
The most important thing just now though is to establish whether your tank contains any detectable ammonia?
Hope that helps you out.
BTT
However, a side effect of a bacterial bloom can be an ammonia spike, which can be deadly for fish. Do you have an ammonia test kit? If there is ammonia present in your water, you should start doing large water changes right away.
Blooms will usually disperse without any action being required, but ammonia needs to be dealt with immediately. The cause of a bacterial bloom is usually dead organic matter being left in the tank (dead fish, plant leaves, fish poo). The best way to treat the bloom, should you wish to do so, is to remove this waste from the tank.
No waste = No bloom
Making sure this waste is not allowed to build up is the key to preventing future blooms too. Gravel vac thoroughly on a regular basis, and everything should be fine going forward.
The most important thing just now though is to establish whether your tank contains any detectable ammonia?
Hope that helps you out.
BTT
Water changes won't help much towards clearing the cloudiness in the water. The bacteria responsible for the cloudiness can double every 15 minutes, so just to stop it getting worse would require a 50% water change every 15 minutes.
However, a side effect of a bacterial bloom can be an ammonia spike, which can be deadly for fish. Do you have an ammonia test kit? If there is ammonia present in your water, you should start doing large water changes right away.
Blooms will usually disperse without any action being required, but ammonia needs to be dealt with immediately. The cause of a bacterial bloom is usually dead organic matter being left in the tank (dead fish, plant leaves, fish poo). The best way to treat the bloom, should you wish to do so, is to remove this waste from the tank.
No waste = No bloom
Making sure this waste is not allowed to build up is the key to preventing future blooms too. Gravel vac thoroughly on a regular basis, and everything should be fine going forward.
The most important thing just now though is to establish whether your tank contains any detectable ammonia?
Hope that helps you out.
BTT
thats helped alot thank you
i have done a 50% warter change and warter is looking crystal clear for now. i had lil paper tester that told me the warter was all good but think im going to get a proper kit friday if problems ocur Similar threads
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