Cloudy water in old tank 0 ammonia 0 nitrites

[Grace4514]

Guys I really dont know why but the cloudiness is still going on and it's a while and I have tested and tested everythings where it's supposed to be and even my nitrates have been below 10 ppm. I do small water change bout 25% mondays then I vaccum all the waste and do 50% on Thursdays. I really dont know what's going on but also the algae has been getting crazy ( my version of crazy just being able to see it all over stuff but it's never grown enough to fall off and be floating around
while scrubbing it off )and I also noticed that it seemed to clear some during the night and then as the day goes on it slowly gets a little worse to the point where last night I was sitting on my bed and looking at the side of the tank and couldn't see through to the other side of the tank Its really frustrating because i have always had clear water and never had these issues. Today i rinsed out the filter media ofc it got worse since I just stirred up all the stuff but I'm out of ideas. It's a 55 gallon fresh water tank

 

[SanDiegoRedneck]

Guys I really dont know why but the cloudiness is still going on and it's a while and I have tested and tested everythings where it's supposed to be and even my nitrates have been below 10 ppm. I do small water change bout 25% mondays then I vaccum all the waste and do 50% on Thursdays. I really dont know what's going on but also the algae has been getting crazy ( my version of crazy just being able to see it all over stuff but it's never grown enough to fall off and be floating around
while scrubbing it off )and I also noticed that it seemed to clear some during the night and then as the day goes on it slowly gets a little worse to the point where last night I was sitting on my bed and looking at the side of the tank and couldn't see through to the other side of the tank Its really frustrating because i have always had clear water and never had these issues. Today i rinsed out the filter media ofc it got worse since I just stirred up all the stuff but I'm out of ideas. It's a 55 gallon fresh water tank

What size filter and fish stock list? How many hours a day is your light on?

 

[Grace4514]

Its rated for 60 gallon and I have 3 glofish tetra, one kissing gourami, one fantail goldfish, one clown loach and a rainbow shark. And I know that some will need a bigger tank and a school but I didnt know that getting them like many people end up getting fish lol. But they will have a bigger tank . I'm wondering if maybe it could the driftwood but I read it would be brownish yellowish cloud? And no this isnt like the worst cloudy water but I've never had my water be cloudy at ALL only a little when I put the sand in but that's it and this tank is over 3 years old. Like I said my water has been great so I've ruled out the usual bacteria bloom

 

[SanDiegoRedneck]

Its rated for 60 gallon and I have 3 glofish tetra, one kissing gourami, one fantail goldfish, one clown loach and a rainbow shark. And I know that some will need a bigger tank and a school but I didnt know that getting them like many people end up getting fish lol. But they will have a bigger tank . I'm wondering if maybe it could the driftwood but I read it would be brownish yellowish cloud? And no this isnt like the worst cloudy water but I've never had my water be cloudy at ALL only a little when I put the sand in but that's it and this tank is over 3 years old. Like I said my water has been great so I've ruled out the usual bacteria bloom View attachment 706495View attachment 706493

Is there any white algae gooey growth on wood? It's common also with new wood white bacteria attacks the last of the other living things on wood. Happened to me I got full ring around wood and tank got slightly cloudy?

No other changes but wood?

 

[Grace4514]

Nope not other changes. What color would the stuff be on the wood if it was there? I noticed some white looking stuff a good while ago but I also have been cleaning off when I see it

 

[SanDiegoRedneck]

Nope not other changes. What color would the stuff be on the wood if it was there? I noticed some white looking stuff a good while ago but I also have been cleaning off when I see it

Yes it's white on the wood. Here is pic from when I was cycling 55gal and branches clouded water plus goo on branches. It will go away or take out and rinse to help but it is ok.

 

[Rev]

I would hazard a guess that it's an algae bloom. You said yourself you've been noticing a lot of algae and it's more noticeable during the day (lights on) and clears during the night (lights off). I'd maybe feed less, some could be getting past your fish and breaking down, and/or dose less ferts. One at a time to see if it makes a difference

Could be something else like the fish kicking up more sand than usual or inadequate filtration as the fish have all been growing over the years and now have a larger bioload. I'd give this video

a watch and see if anything in particular stands out as a higher probability than the others.

 

[StarGirl]

How long do you have your lights on.

 

[Grace4514]

8 hours usually. Also I dont use fertilizers I really hope it's something simple and will go away soon

 

[Grace4514]

Did 75% water change and scrubbed all the driftwood and rinsed then took apart the filter and cleaned the housing and all the parts I wonder if theres something I could do to prevent this from happening? I couldnt tell much about the water until I filled a 5 gallon bucket up and it was really green looking