clinton1621

He already said it was over a week when he tested the ammonia, I dont think his fish are safe considering his water is cloudy... this would mean there IS ammonia or there wouldnt be a bacterial bloom, I still say change enough water to lower the ammonia and redose with safe start after that, personally I dont believe any of those "cycling" products do very much in my experience... the bacteria in them arent really the kind that end up growing in a natural setup (autotrophic) the ones in these products are heterotrophic and while they do work for lowering ammonia they dissipate very quickly and sometimes the bacteria in the bottle is already dead when you buy it due to age or being exposed to high/low temps.

jdhef

I wouldn't do a water change before adding Safe Start again. The ammonia in the tank should be good for feeding the bacteria in the Safe Start.

But I could be wrong about that, so if someone has a different opinion feel free to post.

clinton1621

You're right the ammonia will be good for the bacteria, but right now its bad for the fish, the bacteria are not going to lower it rapidly enough to prevent the fish from getting ammonia poisoning is my point

jdhef

You may be correct about that.

My thinking was that maybe the Safe Start didn't work the first time around because there wasn't enough ammonia in the tank and the ammonia eating bacteria died off.

But like I said, my thinking could be wrong. It was just an idea I thought I would throw out there.

Steen16

Zebra d's are a hardy fish that are used in the cycle process

juwanil

I forgot to mention that on day 8 my power went out for around 8 hours. I took the filter pad out of the filter and the bio wheel too and set it in the tank water so it wouldnt dry out.

juwanil

Just dosed again with safe start we will see how it goes.

jdhef

Good luck. Keep us posted on how it goes.