Is this normal

[Alize45]

Is this the ugly faze that I read about or should I be worried the tank. My tank is almost done its cycle its been about 2 months

 

[Jekyl]

At 2 months the ugly phase hasn't even really started yet.

 

[Radman73]

Concur with Jekyl. It's just getting started. Don't stress. You can add a small CUC to get started on it.

Be wary of the online packages that say you need a huge CUC for a small tank. Most will die and add to the uglies. Start with a small crew. 10-15 normal sized snails like ceriths and nerites. If you like hermits grab 4 or 5 of those too. That should be plenty to get started.

 

[Waters]

Yeah that is normal.....but as stated, there is a good chance it will look much worse than that before everything stabilizes.

 

[Alize45]

At 2 months the ugly phase hasn't even really started yet.

Concur with Jekyl. It's just getting started. Don't stress. You can add a small CUC to get started on it.

Be wary of the online packages that say you need a huge CUC for a small tank. Most will die and add to the uglies. Start with a small crew. 10-15 normal sized snails like ceriths and nerites. If you like hermits grab 4 or 5 of those too. That should be plenty to get started.

Thank you I'll grab a few hermits and snails

 

[Alize45]

Yeah that is normal.....but as stated, there is a good chance it will look much worse than that before everything stabilizes.

Okay thanks

 

[DedElvis]

Is this the ugly faze that I read about or should I be worried the tank. My tank is almost done its cycle its been about 2 months

That looks like when my uglies started going away, and they haven't yet! You likely have green hair then brown hair coming, and they go away much slower than they arrive! Hang in there.