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Hi
I have a 50g and i have been trying to get the cloudy water to go away.I do a 25% water change once a week and it just won't go away.The water look better in the morning and it gets worst as the day go on.What should i do.
I did a water test and everything good that way.
Please help.

ty

P.S

My tank has lots of live plants.If you like i have some picture of my fish tank.The pictures are ok was taken by my webcam.ty

http://community.webshots.com/user/rubyredcandy

Could someone please help?

Hi,
Yup! That's definitely cloudy water! I suspect that
the bacteria forming the cloudy water will go away,
over time, with regular weekly water changes of,
say, 20% of the tank's volume.

You don't say now new the tank is, if it has cycled,
or the values of the tests (pH,KH,GH,ammonia, nitrite,
or nitrate). Nor do you say anything about the fish,
how many, what, how often you feed them, and with what.

Generally these cloudy water outbreaks are caused by
bacteria fed by a dead fish, over feeding, or a cycling
tank. Generally, they are easily cleaned up by removing
the cause. Stop feeding so much, vacuum the gravel,
check for missing persons(fish), and continue with the
water changes.

Frank


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

New tanks almost always suffer from the dreaded cloudy water...

Larger tanks take longer to develope a large population of nitrifying bacteria, the guys (and maybe girls also) that create a clear and happy tank.

Some bacteria additives like the New Improved Cycle will create a quicker bacteria colony and speed up the cycling process in a new tank.

Cleaning gravel in a tank that has not had a chance to cycle properly and doing partial water changes will no doubt stall the cycling process and retain the cloudy water.

If your gravel is fairly clean leave it alone and let the good bacteria populations grow to a sizeable colony.

Some large tanks have taken a month to clear, perhaps more, but my guess is your tank, ultimately, will clear. The NIC will guarantee that.

--garyroland.

Hi and thank-you for getting back to me.
I had the fish tank for 5 years now and all was good until we moved a month ago.I had kept most of the water.About 60% of it.
Maybe this is why it doing this.


There are 2 angels
6 rosey barbs
4 corys
1 bristlenose


As for water test.I get that once a week.A friend does it for me because a dont have a test kit and she does.She will be here tomorrow.


Ty

The tank, once broken down and refilled, no matter what water is used, will tend to go cloudy...

Once aerobic bacteria, the bacteria that thrive on oxygen, are deprived of oxygen from going too long without it, the bacteria become anaerobic in nature, the type that will cloud a tank.

You should have started out with new water, NIC dosed and good rapid filtration (movement) at the surface of the water.

--garyroland.

OMG


It just got worst.It looks green.

Hello



Will someone please help me???????

I have covered the tank for a week(total blackout) and this did not work.
I have very green water.I can not see the back.My tank looks like a swamp.

HEEEEELLLLLLPPPPPP MEEEEEEEEE

Green cloudy is different than the white cloudy that was shown in the earlier pictures.

Is this tank getting any direct sunlight, what ferts are you using?

Green water is often seen in an overstocked, overfed tank. Do you know your current ammonia, nitrIte and nitrAte numbers?
If you have access to a diatom filter it should clear the tank, but won't address the root cause.

^_^
*Proud member of the Committee for Sig Line Restoration*

My tank started out white cloudy water then it turned
green about three weeks later.I have been trying to get rid of the green water for over a 3 weeks now.
I will get the water tested tonight.So i will let you know about that.I have to go to the petstore to test the water.


I have a new picture of the tank so you can see what it looks like now.Use the same web site as above.The one for webshots.

Ty



A very sad tank

Make sure the tests are for nitrates and phosphates, the fertilizers of the plant world...

High ppm's of these nutrients can cause mucho green problems.

--garyroland.