gballarino
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Hello all!!
So i have a 6 ga tank in my living room (a Fluval Edge). The tank was housing one goldfish up until about 1 month ago, when it saddly died after a few years of sharing our living space. I disassembled the aquarium, cleaned all the individual parts, threw away the gravel and rinsed the ornaments thoroughly. Several days later I proceeded to set up a new aquarium: i used the same ornaments (plus a new one) and new gravel. I cleaned the filter and changed the foam, carbon and biomax bags. Following the manufacturer's recommendation, this time I also added a "Fluval EDGE Algae Cleaner" pouch to the top of the filter set up. I used the recommended amount of "TopFin Water Conditioner" and filled up the tank. I also added the recommended amounts of "Nutrafin Cycle" and plugged the whole set up with the idea of letting it settle for several days before adding fish. On day 2, I was surprised to see that the water had turned cloudy white. Moreover... there are multiple patchy, fluffy, white, very delicate filamentous colonies of stuff growing particularly over the old ornaments. They kind of look like bacterial colonies look on an agar plate (or are they fungi?). I never saw such thing before. Are these colonies bacteria left behind from my prior aquarium?
I've been reading posts left and right, and everyone seems to reassure me that the "cloudiness" is probably a perfectly benign bloom that will go away. It's day 4 and the water is womewhat clearer (although certainly still turbid). I'm not sure what to do next. I just ordered the API liquid test system from amazon, hopefully I'll have it by monday.
Any advice would be great.
thanks!
So i have a 6 ga tank in my living room (a Fluval Edge). The tank was housing one goldfish up until about 1 month ago, when it saddly died after a few years of sharing our living space. I disassembled the aquarium, cleaned all the individual parts, threw away the gravel and rinsed the ornaments thoroughly. Several days later I proceeded to set up a new aquarium: i used the same ornaments (plus a new one) and new gravel. I cleaned the filter and changed the foam, carbon and biomax bags. Following the manufacturer's recommendation, this time I also added a "Fluval EDGE Algae Cleaner" pouch to the top of the filter set up. I used the recommended amount of "TopFin Water Conditioner" and filled up the tank. I also added the recommended amounts of "Nutrafin Cycle" and plugged the whole set up with the idea of letting it settle for several days before adding fish. On day 2, I was surprised to see that the water had turned cloudy white. Moreover... there are multiple patchy, fluffy, white, very delicate filamentous colonies of stuff growing particularly over the old ornaments. They kind of look like bacterial colonies look on an agar plate (or are they fungi?). I never saw such thing before. Are these colonies bacteria left behind from my prior aquarium?
I've been reading posts left and right, and everyone seems to reassure me that the "cloudiness" is probably a perfectly benign bloom that will go away. It's day 4 and the water is womewhat clearer (although certainly still turbid). I'm not sure what to do next. I just ordered the API liquid test system from amazon, hopefully I'll have it by monday.
Any advice would be great.
thanks!
