Day 11 of my Fishless cycle What's going on with my tank?

[skjl47]

Hello; Let me check if this is the situation. You started two tanks at or about the same time. One is clear and the other is cloudy. The two tanks have different décor being the main difference. If all this is correct my first thoughts are that the décor is somehow the issue.
My second thought is the drift wood or plastic might be shedding something.
However I do like the already mentioned suggestions better than my own. I would give it a few more days with perhaps the lights off more hours.

 

[Fishflyer]

If you still have a problem with cloudy water after your tank is well established; I use an Odyssea 100 surface skimmer that clears algae blooms and surface protein to give tank water a very clear polish.
I don't know that I would use this on a new tank, or even newly established tank as I am unsure of what it does to beneficial bacteria in the water column.
I have a number of aquariums and on rare occasions I use it, I employ it on well established tanks that have sufficient bb in the media and filter.

This is useable in freshwater setups, which is what I have. It does have a strong current, but comes with a spray diffusion bar. It filters surface and below surface and gives a very clear appearance in 30-60 minutes. Then is easily removable for storage or use in another tank. For a small filter and small price it does a big job. Of course this is not meant as a substitute for water changes.

 

[Rocksor]

Did you boil the mopani and Malasian driftwood? It could be that the Malaysian DW is releasing organic compounds, and since you don't have live plants to consume the organic compounds, the heterotrophic bacteria has bloomed (white cloud) due to the excess nutrients in the water column.

Just give it time, and the white cloud will die off and go away.

 

[excaliber]

Both the Mopani and Malaysian driftwood was boiled and then soaked afterwards in buckets for two weeks. The tank is 100% clear right now after a few days with Puregen. It looks great and it's nice to be able to see through it again.

Hopefully the Ammonia will be at zero very soon.

By the way today is day 14.

 

[excaliber]

Update!!! Finally on day 18 I have 0 ppm of Ammonia. I thought it would never get to zero. Today I wait and tomorrow it gets another dose of Ammonia. Finally!!!!

 

[duanes]

18 days does not seem excessive to me, you should now be starting see an obvious spike in nitrite, which may take a while to level off. Remember nitrite can be just as toxic as ammonia