I recently aquired a 50 gallon tank and filled it with water about 3 days ago. the filter on the tank is the aquaclear 500. The tank has no heater stays about 65-68 degrees. The filter is a established one, full of live bacteria. i put it on my tank too soon and i think the chlorine in the tank water killed all my biomedia. *SICK*
So now I am starting from scratch and have some problems. When you have no bacteria is it usual for the tank to smell really bad? I put a comet goldfish in there and the tank smells like sh*t. I do have carbon running and its new but the smell is overpowering! Also the fish is not doing to well. It was healthy as i got it from another tank of mine and since i put it in there it seems lifeless. It often quivers and lies at the very bottom on top of the stones! Is it too clod for him? I know goldfish should be able to stand these temps. but I v had him for several months in a 75 degree tank. What can I do? Is this all normal?
So now I am starting from scratch and have some problems. When you have no bacteria is it usual for the tank to smell really bad? I put a comet goldfish in there and the tank smells like sh*t. I do have carbon running and its new but the smell is overpowering! Also the fish is not doing to well. It was healthy as i got it from another tank of mine and since i put it in there it seems lifeless. It often quivers and lies at the very bottom on top of the stones! Is it too clod for him? I know goldfish should be able to stand these temps. but I v had him for several months in a 75 degree tank. What can I do? Is this all normal?