hello everyone ive been reading around the forums but this is my first post. i am currently working on a 15 and a 35 gallon freshwater tank. i will start with the 15 gal. i started a fish in cycle about 2 weeks ago with 3 zebra danios. everything has been going well although a bit slow my amonia has been steady between .25 ppm and .5 ppmand nitrates have been pretty much nothing. my issue is that the water has been very cloudy even with 20-25% water changes daily. it appears that the culprit could be algae.also over the weekend i went away and asked my father to do a 20% water change. he did but when he added the new water it was freezing cold and he dumped it in quite fast and didnt add the prime seachem water conditioner until after he added the water, and 2 of the fish died. im assuming they died due to the cold water being dumped in so rapidly. any advice would be appreciated.
now for the 30 gal. i planned to try a fishless cycle in this tank but have not started it yet and it is also very cloudy i have only done two water changes on this tank so far. and they did help but it continues to get worse. thanks for any input and let me know if you need any more info.
now for the 30 gal. i planned to try a fishless cycle in this tank but have not started it yet and it is also very cloudy i have only done two water changes on this tank so far. and they did help but it continues to get worse. thanks for any input and let me know if you need any more info.