John S
Member
On Friday I did my long overdue makeover of my 165l. This consisted of capping my shoddy looking eco complete substrate with gravel and replanting. Everything was removed from the tank and the filter kept running with the fish holding container. 3 hours later the job was done tank refilled, with only about 30l of the original water, all water was treated with Prime. The filter pipes were cleaned but not the filter. Tank was crystal clear.
Yesterday morning the tank water was cloudy, all fish seemed fine but I did a 25% water change - this failed to make any difference with the water. On getting up this morning the tank is as cloudy as ever and the fish are breathing heavily but have good colour. I've just done another 50% water change and they seem happier.
Have I triggered a cycle here and what is the best way to deal with it or could there be something else going on? I don't currently possess a test kit.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Yesterday morning the tank water was cloudy, all fish seemed fine but I did a 25% water change - this failed to make any difference with the water. On getting up this morning the tank is as cloudy as ever and the fish are breathing heavily but have good colour. I've just done another 50% water change and they seem happier.
Have I triggered a cycle here and what is the best way to deal with it or could there be something else going on? I don't currently possess a test kit.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.