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Sorry for the repost

I have a 37 gallon

Nitrates: 0-10
Nitrites: 0
amonia: 0

Its white cloudy Water.

I have only guppies in the tank i think about 10

It's not over stocked

It's only feed once. MAYBE twice a day no more (VERY LITTLE)

it MIGHT get a little sun in it not positivebut not a lot i have a background on it and on the side where the sun would hit it.

Do you need any other information?

What can I do?

Is there anything to use?]:|

So Sorry I also have to say that one plant was a little bad looking in the tank and I took it out and it was rotton! Could this be why?!?!

I took out the rest of the plants and put the healthy ones in my fry tank/ female tank

THANKS!! AGAIN!!!

ANY HELP will be apprichiated.

update

Re tested

With liquid testers

Nitrites 0
Nitrates 0
Amonia 0

These are normal right?
The tank has been set up for about 2 months

Your tests look good, and you don't have to worry about that
You may remember the post I had (about the cloudy water) I had green water, but after that cleared away, it was simply a faint white cloudy, smoewhat like yours. Since your tests look fine, I would suggest that you do a deep gravel siphon. White water can be caused by a bacteria buildup in the gravel. So, I did a gravel cleaning. You should have seen the amount of crap that came out from the bottom!!! And shortly after that (over night) the water was almost completely clear!! I cleaned the rest of the gravel, and the next morning, it was crystal clear!! (mine was a 10g, so yours may take longer to clean and clear up, but I think tha cleaning the gravel will help....try it) Now, everytime I do a partial water change (These need to be every week!) I do a gravel cleaning. The water has been clear ever since!
GOOD LUCK

okay I do at least a weakly gravel cleaning/water change.
I just did one last week im due one soon tomarrow I think. it just got cloudy over night. was yours like that?

Hi,
Once the tank has cycled, the gravel is also a part of
your filtration system. If you are cleaning the gravel
weekly, you are wrecking havoc with the filtration system.

Once established, you should mentally divide the tank into
quarters, say front to back. Then once a QUARTER clean the
gravel in a 1/4 of the tank. Three months later, clean the
next 1/4 over, and so on. That way each year you have
cleaned the gravel completely. As lightly stocked as
that tank is, I would do that. If you increase the stocking,
then shift to doing the cleaning to a monthly basis. That is
clean a 1/4 of the tank at a time, each month.

In between the cleaning of the gravel, swirl your hand
above it lift out the detritus, and syphon it off while
doing your normal water changes.

Frank


-->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--

Yeah, I normally only clean about 1/3 of the gravel a week, but i do do it every week. I always test about a day after I clean it, and the bacteria seems to be diong fine. Also, after cleaning the gravel, my fish seemed significantly better
I guess it depends on the tank, but since mine is only a 10g and I have a good amount of fish in there, I clean the substrate often.
To answer your question, yes, my tank would get worse over night (or, during the day, also.).
Just a suggestion, don't know if it will be a problem with your tank, but go to your LFS and ask them to check for phosphates(and everything else). My bacteria bloom was caused by high phosphates, and the algea grew quickly. If you do have high phosphates, then there is filter media that will help reduce that. Also check your food. I was feeding wardley, and it had ungodly amounts of phosphate in it! I soon got new food (better for my fish, also!) and the problem started to go away. Just an idea

Last edited by fairynr at 21-Jun-2005 10:59

Thank you guys somuch thats where all go then!! Thank you!

OKAY UPDATE!!

I went to my LFS And he told me "patience pans out" In other words DONT DO ANYTHING it will go away.

So i'll be waiting!!! Thanks you guys!!

Talk to you soon