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Re: WAHOO! the waters clearing up!
I'll give it another week before your ammonia levels start to rise, it take around 2 weeks before they start up. In a fully functional healthy tank there is no reason to have to do anything to keep ammonia and nitrites down. The bacteria do that, but they have to have time to grow and multiply. When you emptied your tank you destroyed any bacteria you had. You have basically a sterile tank now. Whats this regular filter also, theres many types of filters, different brands, and different models. Right now I can tell you that this tank is headed for disaster. I would bring all the fish back to the store and grab a trio of danios. They can survive cycles fairly well and are tough fish all around. On the off chance than either of the "cichlids" survive they will need a lot more room than a 10g. Unless by some miraculous chance they are shell dwellers they need more room. I keep one of the worlds smallest cichlids and they're in a 20g long at least.
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