Tindale83
11-14-2016, 09:28 AM
Hi I have bought a 78g tank for discus and looking for info what's gone on in my tank now cycle wise.
Juwel trigon 350 running a new eheim pro 3 2080xl.
Week 1
My discus breeder gave me one of his fillters to run in the tank while my the big eheim cycles. The first week of the tank running I added 20 cardinals his filter and a dose of ammonia to help with the cycle.
Week 2
Added another dose of the ammonia and added my 10 juvenile discus. Discus went darn n shy for two days but fine after that.
Week 3
Added another dose of the ammonia, discus are doing good. Smoking eating 5 times a day, colours really nice. I bought and use the eheim vac to remove the poop and leftover food every night. I've added a few plants on bogwood that was diped to remove pathogens. The water in the tank has been cloudy for about the last 8 days.
Two questions
1 how long till my eheim is cycled and I can remove the little filter I was given by my dealer?
2 this cloudy water, how long till it will clear up and should I change a percentage of the water yet?
My water readings are:
Ammonia 0.2 nitrate 0.2 nitrate around 1-2
PH a steady 6.4 (aged water) 6.4 (tank) temperature is 29. I also have half an inch of play sand bed.
Any advise and help would be great, also how do I provide pics
Juwel trigon 350 running a new eheim pro 3 2080xl.
Week 1
My discus breeder gave me one of his fillters to run in the tank while my the big eheim cycles. The first week of the tank running I added 20 cardinals his filter and a dose of ammonia to help with the cycle.
Week 2
Added another dose of the ammonia and added my 10 juvenile discus. Discus went darn n shy for two days but fine after that.
Week 3
Added another dose of the ammonia, discus are doing good. Smoking eating 5 times a day, colours really nice. I bought and use the eheim vac to remove the poop and leftover food every night. I've added a few plants on bogwood that was diped to remove pathogens. The water in the tank has been cloudy for about the last 8 days.
Two questions
1 how long till my eheim is cycled and I can remove the little filter I was given by my dealer?
2 this cloudy water, how long till it will clear up and should I change a percentage of the water yet?
My water readings are:
Ammonia 0.2 nitrate 0.2 nitrate around 1-2
PH a steady 6.4 (aged water) 6.4 (tank) temperature is 29. I also have half an inch of play sand bed.
Any advise and help would be great, also how do I provide pics