Brad Griffiths
Seedling
Hi,
I am in the middle of setting up a nano planted aquarium. I’ve used 30% fresh dechlorinated water, 70% cycled aquarium water from one of my tanks. The setup is currently hardscape only as I am waiting for the cycling period to finish before I finalise the setup.
It has been filled up for three days now. Filter is on its way in the post, so for now there is just an air stone to circulate the water.
It started a bacteria bloom (wasn’t expecting one as I was using 70% cycled water), but decided id sit it out until it has finished cycling.
I come home from work today to find there’s a strange algae appearing on the glass and the water to be very yellow (the wood is releasing tannins but very very minimal so i’m putting the colouring down to the algae bloom), yesterday the water was slightly murky but colour wise was clear.
Is there anything I can do to help speed up the process, and what may have caused the bloom to happen as I am using a lot of cycled aquarium water. The filter will be here in a few days which will help.
I’ve attached some photos, thanks for any help.
I am in the middle of setting up a nano planted aquarium. I’ve used 30% fresh dechlorinated water, 70% cycled aquarium water from one of my tanks. The setup is currently hardscape only as I am waiting for the cycling period to finish before I finalise the setup.
It has been filled up for three days now. Filter is on its way in the post, so for now there is just an air stone to circulate the water.
It started a bacteria bloom (wasn’t expecting one as I was using 70% cycled water), but decided id sit it out until it has finished cycling.
I come home from work today to find there’s a strange algae appearing on the glass and the water to be very yellow (the wood is releasing tannins but very very minimal so i’m putting the colouring down to the algae bloom), yesterday the water was slightly murky but colour wise was clear.
Is there anything I can do to help speed up the process, and what may have caused the bloom to happen as I am using a lot of cycled aquarium water. The filter will be here in a few days which will help.
I’ve attached some photos, thanks for any help.