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Cake day: July 5th, 2023

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  • Thanks for this. My concern is, that there aren’t enough nutrients in the newly changed water, to maintain a stable bacteria population. There are two different types of bacteria that need either Ammonia or Nitrate to exist but if all, or almost all water is replaced, there is none. If there are enough fish in the tank, they will in time naturally create some ammonia but the bacteria that break down ammonia, but the bacteria that break down nitrites will have to wait until the first type start breaking down ammonia.

    The concern is that this will diminish the amount of bacteria that live in the surfaces that you mention

    Let me give an example.

    In a new 300 liter tank (80 gal) you fill it up with dechlorinated water, add a cycled filter, and add one single fish. This will, I assume starve the bacteria in the filter, presumably killing the ones that take care of the second part of the nitrogen circle (breaking nitrites down to nitrates).







  • Yeah that might be it!

    That said, im not making it that far any more. When booting up, the fans start rotating for a few seconds and then it shuts down. Then it will try again and just keep repeating the process of only rotating the fans again and again

    I’ll try to see if i can boot off an USB. Any good links that explain what fsck is and how it works?