Ok just continue to do what your doing with the water changes until all parameters stabilize. Did you test your tap for Ammonia?
Reduce Ammonia Content
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Ok just continue to do what your doing with the water changes until all parameters stabilize. Did you test your tap for Ammonia?
Oh ok now that explains everything the aquarium is still cycling. In the future keep your bio media moist and alive. That will help jumpstart your cycle.
Yeah, cleaning out the filter and changing the media killed all the beneficial bactetoa. You're going to have to wait for the cycle to restart. You can try using those products that contain live bacteria to help reseed the beneficial bacteria.
In the meantime, you need to be testing daily and water changing to keep amkojua down along with using Prime. Prime detoxifies ammonia for 24-48 hours and the bacteria can still use the detoxified form to feed on. This will help keep the fish safe but will allow bacteria to grow. You have to test to make sure ammonia levels are not going higher than the amount that can be done to we detoxified for prime.
Also, by testing, you can tell when the tank is cycled and prime is no longer necessary.
In the meantime, you need to be testing daily and water changing to keep amkojua down along with using Prime. Prime detoxifies ammonia for 24-48 hours and the bacteria can still use the detoxified form to feed on. This will help keep the fish safe but will allow bacteria to grow. You have to test to make sure ammonia levels are not going higher than the amount that can be done to we detoxified for prime.
Also, by testing, you can tell when the tank is cycled and prime is no longer necessary.
