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July 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| cloudy tank
why does the water in my tank keep going cloudy? ive used my 6 in 1 tester and it says the water dont need changeing on any of its tests | 
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July 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| hmm... is it a new tank? if so, it could be because its cycling. | |
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July 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Hi Aldric, as Tony says, cloudy water can occur because of an algea bloom during the cycling process. The test strips you are using are not always reliable and can sometimes give a false reading. If you can get an API Master testkit your results will be much more accurate. They seem expensive at first, but are good for hundreds of tests. How long have you had your tank? Are there fish in it? | |
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July 26th, 2009
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| Hello Aldric. Some good advice above. If you would be so kind as to fill out your aquarium information, it will really help others to help you more. Have fun and enjoy the site.
Ken | |
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July 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| ive had the tank for about 3 months now and its got guppies and bristlenose plecs in it and loads of pesky snails it seems every 2 weeks or so it will suddenly go cloudy and im not sure why | |
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July 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I hope things get better!!! if you can post your readings for ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates, that will help alot...mini cycles can happen too often and ppl think because the tank is older, it must be cycled.....as will filling in all your aquarium info
what test kit are you using? whats your tank maintenance schedule? is the tank near a window? is it a common plec? 25 gals is too small for just the plec and he will make so much waste, its hard to keep the tank not cloudy....what and how much do you feed the fish? | |
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July 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| no its one of the small veriaties of bristlenose
i do a partial water change every week
a gravel clean every 3 weeks
as for my testing i use the 6 in 1 test strips | |
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July 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by kimb  The test strips you are using are not always reliable and can sometimes give a false reading. If you can get an API Master testkit your results will be much more accurate. They seem expensive at first, but are good for hundreds of tests. |  | |
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July 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| ermmmmm yes jwokmuba2 i did see that but as this was all posted over the weekend ive not had much chance to get one.... not only that but i dont have my own transport sooo it will take a few days to get one.. so your next sugestion is ? | |
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July 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| until you can get a test kit, id go with partial water changes with some prime for just in case measures...adding some new carbon or extra filter floss will help also but if its a mini cycle, just letting it go through the process will help and the daily water changes will keep the fish safe | |
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July 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
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Originally Posted by Aldric ermmmmm yes jwokmuba2 i did see that but as this was all posted over the weekend ive not had much chance to get one.... not only that but i dont have my own transport sooo it will take a few days to get one.. so your next sugestion is ? | Your water could possibly be cloudy from over feeding your fish as well. I would not feed your fish for one day and see if that helps. I started out with test strips and they were not much help, the API test kit is worth every penny and I think it is something everyone should have. Good Luck! | |
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July 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
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Originally Posted by WolfPack21 Your water could possibly be cloudy from over feeding your fish as well. I would not feed your fish for one day and see if that helps. I started out with test strips and they were not much help, the API test kit is worth every penny and I think it is something everyone should have. Good Luck! | Not need more to say. I'm pretty much sure is overfeeding or type of food. I have some algue wafers that do that to my tanks for around 3 hours. Good Luck. | |
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August 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| ok well its been about 10 days since i started this post my tank is still cloudy even tho ive done 2 water changes.
no im not over feeding as i only feed enough twice a day for them to clear the food in 2 mins the only food thats left in there a while is the cucumber but on the advice of wolfpack i didnt feed them anything for a day includeing the cucumber for my BN and still no change
ive bought a api master test kit pH 7.0
ammonia 0.25
nitrit 0 nitrate 4
not sure why the bit of ammonia | |
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August 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| well what kind of filters are you useing?when you check your media is it clogged or do you have bypass around your media and how much do you feed? and how long does it take them to eat what you feed? | |
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August 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| because the tank is in a mini cycle for some reason  at least you know why its cloudy! a bacteria bloom is occurring with the mini cycle and daily water changes will clear this up and finish up the cycle...just for curiosity, test your tap water for nitrates ..and make sure you bang that #2 bottle for the nitrates really hard on the counter..those crystals need a good mixing so you dont get a false reading...and how did you get a 4 reading LOL? ive seen 5/10/20 etc | |
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August 7th, 2009
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| im useing a fluval3 filter and no when i check it it dont always need cleaning ( tho i swish it around anyway in removed tank water)
as to how much i feed and how long it takes for them to eat ive already posted that in my update post
i feed enough for them to finish eating in 2 mins twice a day
i use flake i also add in alge wafers a few times a week and bloodworm pellets a few times a week
as for the 4 it was suposed to be 5 but was a typo ( typed to fast) | |
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August 7th, 2009
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| can you do a quick test of your tap water? | |
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August 7th, 2009
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| ok just tested water and it came back as 0 | |
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August 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by Aldric ok just tested water and it came back as 0 | AWESOME!!! so its just a mini cycle and shouldnt take long to clear up ....a few more days of water changes good luck and glad you got a new kit  | |
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August 7th, 2009
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| ty | |
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August 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| I am having the same problem.... I do think mine was from over feeding though. Is it ok to do a, say, 25% water change everyday to clear it up? | |
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