Re: Struggling with 3 Month Old Tank
What you are having is a bacterial bloom by the sounds of it. Its caused by the tank not being cycled. If you can get some filter media from a friend or even gravel as suggested, just make sure that the tank its coming from is healthy.
If that isn't possible a lot of water changes are in store and it will take longer to cycle the tank than not having fish in it. Feed the tank very lightly, in fact I would just feed maybe 2 days a week. Does the tank contain any live plants? If not, try to find a bunch of elodea or hornwort and that will help take up any ammonia or nitrites till it does cycle. By a bunch I mean a lot of it to almost fill the tank, you can plant it or let it float, but it will help.
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