fishchick

My water is really cloudy this morning , when i checked my tank i could hardly see the decor in the tank ! I did the algae clear last night , then i took out some water , still can't get a result ! what is up with this ?

matt6765

did you put to much water condishiner in the water..... if you put to much it can make the water cloudy..... this happened when I started... To get rid of it do a couple water changes

fishchick

no i didn't ! i did my usuall when i changed it out !

matt6765

Did you use any new products

mathas

Is it cloudy and green, or cloudy and white/grey?

Shawnie

fishchick it probably is still going through the cycle process...you had green water from the algae and now you are having a bloom(cloudyness)....the tanks parimeters you said on the other thread were 0-0-under 20 , but what test kit did you use? did you take it to the fish store to be tested? how longs this tank been running?

fishchick

cloudy and white in color , has a little green in it been running for awhile as for the tank. i used a tetra pH kit was yesterday was 7.0 which was safe, according to LFS called to ask !

mathas

A pH of 7.0 is safe, but doesn't really have anything to do with the water being cloudy.

If the cloudiness is white/grey, then Shawnie was correct about it being a bacterial bloom. See this article: http://www.fishlore.com/CloudyWater.htm

fishchick

would a UV Sterilizer help with the chances of the bacterial bloom

Shawnie

no a cycled tank would help as we have recommended in many of your threads...just keep up daily partial water changes with either prime, ammo lock, or amquel+

do that for a few weeks and you will be good as gold...but once again, we have recommended this to you for weeks...I hope things get better for you and your fish!

Nate McFin

I had a cloudy water issue that went from just cloudy to green after awhile. It was very bad and I couldn't see more than a few inches into the tank. I bought a green killing machine from Petco and it disappeared over a few hours time. I have not had any more trouble since (4 months later)
I think they run around $75.00 or so. Best money I spent on my tank. I also used it to help with an ICH outbreak I had.

fishchick

will do , got to straighten this tank out ! looks rough for my guys ! thanks

fishchick

I asked someone at the petshop and they told me to leave the tank alone for a week ! I had thought it was algae and put the tablets in , left a bubbley mess at top so i took water out ! should i leave it alone for a week or should i find a product

mathas

If you have access to Tetra SafeStart, you can try adding that and leaving the tank alone for a week, then testing your water parameters after 7 days. It apparently doesn't work for everyone, but over 90% of respondents in this survey said it either outright cycled their tank or at least sped the cycle up.

If you do not have access to TSS, then Shawnie's advice of daily partial water changes with a good water conditioner is going to be your best bet. It will take time, there's no way around that.

fishchick

my nitrate was high , and got something to clear up the bacteria , have to do a 10% water change with algae fix each day ! should clear it up!

gmen4life

how long has your tank been running?

Shawnie

there is nothing to clear up the bacteria other than cycle the tank....algae fix will not do it either....im sorry fishchick but do you always have an issue than totally ignore what members try to help you with constantly?

Nate McFin

A UV filter would clear the water. It may not address the cycle but it would clear the water. Algae fix is horrible stuff though it does work for a short period of time. I wouldn't even consider adding it to a tank with fish.

fishchick

finally got a decent ph testing system! its what they use ! i have the algae bloom to fix , got to see what's up with my filter system , and maybe get a loach !

fishchick

it was algae control that i purchased !

Shawnie

thats not going to help an uncycled tank...but it might hurt your fish! please dont buy anymore fish without cycling that tank properly

Regal

Why would you buy more fish? Why ask for advise and then not pay any attention AT ALL to the responses you get. Is there something wrong with your computer that makes it so you are only able to view some of the responses on your thread?

You seem to want to buy every additive availabe at the LFS despite being told what the problem is. Adding different products to get rid of algae and bacteria are not helping your fish. We have all looked at our tanks and been bored and felt like I have to "do something" but it's not fair to your fish to keep dumping chemicals into an uncycled tank.

Stop listening to the employees at the LFS. If you bought the test kit they use then you probably have test strips which are useless.

fishchick

My ph is looking good ! checked it yesterday ! I have been putting algafix in tank , and covering tank with old blanket ! I did loose a red fin shark ! hated that ! try to keep the light off as much as i can

fishchick

i noticed my ph levels are ok , but my water is really stinky ! anyway haven't lost anymore fish the water is a white cloudy color ! looking better to me ! keeping the sun out of it! I have a sunlight that tends to come on one side so i cover it up ! I will do sun maybe then skip monday , i will do another treatment on tuesday !