seem to have entered a mini cycle

**oty6231** · 07-08-2012, 04:14 AM

I have a 55g tank and I do a 15g water change a day BC im doing a fish in cycle. I switched to API stress coat for my tap water and my water has got cloudy. Where am I at in my cycle? Thanks

**oty6231** · 07-08-2012, 04:16 AM

Forgot to add im 6 days into the cycle with 10 fish

**Honey Badger 1** · 07-08-2012, 04:43 AM

6 days into a cycle with fish is just the beginning, but we have no real way of telling you exactly where you are without knowing the ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels of your tank.

**Goes to 11!** · 07-08-2012, 06:56 AM

Originally Posted by oty6231

Where am I at in my cycle? Thanks

As mentioned there's no telling without the info from your test kit but it is highly probable that you have several weeks of WC to go.

**Lady Hobbs** · 07-08-2012, 01:38 PM

You are not into a mini cycle but doing a full fledged cycle with fish. You are also doing water change after water change not knowing if you even need to do the water change because you have not tested the water.

You must have some ammonia in the water for the cycle to began. But not so much that it kills the fish. I do not see water changes every day but I do see testing and when the ammonia reaches over .25 to do a larger water change but then not do another until the ammonia climbs up there again.

With 10 fish in 55 gallons of water, perhaps you may have to do NO water changes. You did not mention what kind of fish . You need a liquid test kit or are driving blind.

**oty6231** · 07-10-2012, 06:12 PM

So u went to get a soild test from my lps and they said my ammonia was okay but my nitrites where high. my drift wood had cotton looking snot I think. Could this raise it should I remove it? Also ich has spread maybe from a dirty fish or again maybe it was me. I did a water chabge and t he cloudy cleared nowbim lost

**MandyK** · 07-10-2012, 06:19 PM

Unless you are going to your lfs every day to test you need your own API test kit.

**oty6231** · 07-10-2012, 06:22 PM

I do go there its 20 secs away walking so im lucky. They use the 75 dollar AP test so its more than I can get for now. The tetra strips worked for me bit ppl say there tra ssh.