• Re: Extremely Cloudy Aqua

    From Marlene Walters@1:278/230 to All on Saturday, July 24, 2004 17:50:00
    I hope I'm not being an idiot, as I'm sure you're not, but are you
    absolutely sure you are not overfeeding? That is the #1 cause of cloudy
    water. You seem to know what you are doing, though. I worked in a pet
    store, and 95% of the time, the cloudiness is caused by overfeeding. Sometimes, it may be you added too may fish at one time, or even algae.
    If it is possible, get a handful of gravel from a tank that has not
    problems, and has been used for quite a while, maybe you LFS will give
    or sell you some. This should help. Also, adding cycle bacteria will
    help, you cannot overdose it, it's impossible, and it NEVER hurts.

    Hope I help you.

    Marlene

    nuchumYussel wrote:

    Hi, as the subject says, I have extremely cloudy water. The tank is
    fully cycled 20g and is a year old. I know this cloudiness is a
    bacterial bloom, the water is not green, so an algae bloom is out. The inhabitants of the tank are:

    *All Fish Are Fully Grown*
    4 Black widdow Tetra
    6 Zebra Danios
    1 Snakesking Gourami (6 inches)
    2 Serpae Tetra

    Water Chemistry
    *All measurments are in ppm.*
    Nitrite = 0
    Ammonia = o
    Ph = 6.8

    I had a 6 inch Pleco, but I removed him in hopes of that would clear
    up the water. But removing the pleco was to no avail. I have tried everything! Crystal Clear drops, did nothing. Adding extra carbon to
    filter, did nothing. more water changes, did nothing. ( I do a 25%
    water change every other week.) Cutting back on feeding, did nothing. Minimizing the time the lights are on, did nothing. Adding AlgaeFix
    drops (I thought it might be a freakish algae bloom.), did nothing. I
    have no clue what to do. Is it possible the filter is inadequate? It
    is a Liberty Eheim. Any suggestions would help.

    Many Thanks...
    Evan Davis
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  • From Winwin@1:278/230 to All on Friday, July 30, 2004 07:33:00
    hello,

    It happens to me before as well. Continue to do exactly what u mention
    below and in a week time, the tank should be ok! ...changing water
    condition do not happens over-night. Cheers

    simon

    "Marlene Walters" <MarleneW777@nf.sympatico.ca> ???????:qizMc.82271$Np3.3931161@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
    I hope I'm not being an idiot, as I'm sure you're not, but are you
    absolutely sure you are not overfeeding? That is the #1 cause of cloudy water. You seem to know what you are doing, though. I worked in a pet
    store, and 95% of the time, the cloudiness is caused by overfeeding. Sometimes, it may be you added too may fish at one time, or even algae.
    If it is possible, get a handful of gravel from a tank that has not
    problems, and has been used for quite a while, maybe you LFS will give
    or sell you some. This should help. Also, adding cycle bacteria will
    help, you cannot overdose it, it's impossible, and it NEVER hurts.

    Hope I help you.

    Marlene

    nuchumYussel wrote:

    Hi, as the subject says, I have extremely cloudy water. The tank is
    fully cycled 20g and is a year old. I know this cloudiness is a
    bacterial bloom, the water is not green, so an algae bloom is out. The inhabitants of the tank are:

    *All Fish Are Fully Grown*
    4 Black widdow Tetra
    6 Zebra Danios
    1 Snakesking Gourami (6 inches)
    2 Serpae Tetra

    Water Chemistry
    *All measurments are in ppm.*
    Nitrite = 0
    Ammonia = o
    Ph = 6.8

    I had a 6 inch Pleco, but I removed him in hopes of that would clear
    up the water. But removing the pleco was to no avail. I have tried everything! Crystal Clear drops, did nothing. Adding extra carbon to filter, did nothing. more water changes, did nothing. ( I do a 25%
    water change every other week.) Cutting back on feeding, did nothing. Minimizing the time the lights are on, did nothing. Adding AlgaeFix
    drops (I thought it might be a freakish algae bloom.), did nothing. I
    have no clue what to do. Is it possible the filter is inadequate? It
    is a Liberty Eheim. Any suggestions would help.

    Many Thanks...
    Evan Davis

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  • From Nuchumyussel@1:278/230 to All on Friday, July 30, 2004 14:00:00
    Thank you for your reply,but the reason I am confused is because the
    water has been this way for three months now.

    Thanks for the replies.
    Evan Davis
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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@6:757/1 to Nuchumyussel on Saturday, July 31, 2004 10:50:12
    *** Quoting Nuchumyussel from a message to All ***

    Thank you for your reply,but the reason I am confused is because the
    water has been this way for three months now.

    Hi Evan! I'm new here so do not have the full thread. Is it a new tank still trying to cycle? I've never had that take that long before. Normally it's just a week or 2 then one morning it's suddenly crystal clear and stays that way.

    What have you tried already?
    xxcarol

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  • From Nuchumyussel@1:278/230 to All on Saturday, July 31, 2004 13:21:00
    First off, the tank is indeed cycled.

    The methods I have tried are thus:

    1. Cutting Back on feedings
    2. Cutting back on the time that the lights are on.
    3. Adding extra carbon to the filter.
    4. More frequent water changes. (Currently I'm doing 25% changes every
    other week.)
    5. Adding "Crystal Clear" drops. They supposedly clump the bacteria so
    the filter can pick it up.
    6. Moved to largest fish o a different tank.

    I am deperate will do anything suggested!

    Thanks for looking.
    Evan Davis
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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@6:757/1 to Nuchumyussel on Sunday, August 01, 2004 20:07:30
    *** Quoting Nuchumyussel from a message to All ***

    First off, the tank is indeed cycled.

    The methods I have tried are thus:

    1. Cutting Back on feedings
    2. Cutting back on the time that the lights are on.
    3. Adding extra carbon to the filter.
    4. More frequent water changes. (Currently I'm doing 25% changes every other week.)
    5. Adding "Crystal Clear" drops. They supposedly clump the bacteria so
    the filter can pick it up.
    6. Moved to largest fish o a different tank.

    I am deperate will do anything suggested!

    Have you checked the various things you have in the tank? Rocks and stuff like
    that? You may have something that is leaching into the water in a slow dissolve pattern instead of any actual other problem. This is common hwen peope put their own little figurines in there that arent meant for fishtanks. Sometimes it kills the fish slowly, sometimes fast (when fast though, you usually figure out that the new figurine is the culprit).

    If you have kids, dont over look them dropping something in there. Charlotte, when she was 3, added milk once to our tank and for a short time, was dropping other things she didnt want to eat in there.
    xxcarol

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