sara-86 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 I've been doing a half dose of bacter ae for about 5 days now (it recommends doing half the amount for the first week) I noticed tonight that the waters a bit cloudy I think I have a bacteria bloom. The only thing that's different is that I've been adding bacter ae. Should I do anything? Will my tank do a cycle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. F Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 I've been doing a half dose of bacter ae for about 5 days now (it recommends doing half the amount for the first week) I noticed tonight that the waters a bit cloudy I think I have a bacteria bloom. The only thing that's different is that I've been adding bacter ae. Should I do anything? Will my tank do a cycle? It shouldn't. Whenever I have a ton of babies I don't worry. It's usually just microfauna growing, which are eaten by shrimp. This is referred to as "green water," rich in amino acids and other nutrients for developing inverts, and often used as a food for fry and larval inverts. Sometimes it gets really murky, and although it doesn't concern me that much, I'll do a 2 day regimen of 1/2 dose Melafix when it murks up to knock down the microfauna growth, because yes, it contributes to the bioload and it looks nicer after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. F Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 I don't have a before pic, but here's the after pic after getting really murky water from using Bacter like a week straight. Pretty clear now. At first I thought it was dirty tank glass. Then I saw all the little water fleas and microorganisms. No it's clear and no little swimmers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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