Cycling 15 And 35 Gal Tanks

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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.
 
A cloudy tank in the cycling process is not unusual. What color is it? Greenish or Whitish. Whitish is totally normal, a bacterial bloom that will resolve itself. Green is not dangerous to fish but takes a bit of an effort. Get back to us on the color.

During a fish-in cycle, the risk to fish is much greater and often people experience fish death. As you say, it could be the cold water shock or the use of Prime after the fact. Or it could be that the fish are weakened from Ammonia exposure.
 
A cloudy tank in the cycling process is not unusual. What color is it? Greenish or Whitish. Whitish is totally normal, a bacterial bloom that will resolve itself. Green is not dangerous to fish but takes a bit of an effort. Get back to us on the color.

During a fish-in cycle, the risk to fish is much greater and often people experience fish death. As you say, it could be the cold water shock or the use of Prime after the fact. Or it could be that the fish are weakened from Ammonia exposure.

the water in the fish in cycle tank was whitish at first but it is now greenish. also the 35 gallon tank is green. my next question is would you suggest getting more danios to help with the fish in cycle or should i just let the one take care of it?
Thanks for the input!
 
Is the tank by a window or do you leave the lights on for long periods of time? Grenish water could be a type of algea. Best way to remove is black out method where you cover the tank so no light can get in at all and then do a massive water change around 3 days later. More can be found on removing green water in plant section of forum.
 

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