Cloudy Water...? Need Treatment?

[MysticSkye]

Cloudy Water

• MysticSkye
• May 31, 2019

Not sure what could be causing this issue.

I posted a picture of a side view of my aquarium. I am not sure why it is cloudy looking. Levels are good. I took one from the side because looking head on didn't really show cloudiness. Did a 25% WC yesterday, cleaned my media filter, not sure what's going on.

 

[grump299]

Looks like a bacterial Blum caused by cleaning your filter media it should clear up in a few days no need to do anything.

 

[MysticSkye]

Looks like a bacterial Blum caused by cleaning your filter media it should clear up in a few days no need to do anything.

I should preface, I did a WC yesterday because it was cloudy, and cleaned my media filter because I was reading that could be the cause, too. It was cloudy before I cleaned the filter. Long as it doesn't look like anything serious, I am going to leave it as is. This actually happened the day after I added those plants you see (Anubias). Fish seems fine and levels are fine, so I will leave it and see...OH come to think of it, I did buy a new Nicrew LED classic light that I have been using...could this cause some sort of bacteria bloom? Leaving it on too much?

 

[grump299]

I would just keep an eye on my levels and leave it alone and do nothing for now and see if it clears up.

 

[grump299]

How long do you leave your light on you should stay around 6 to 8 hours of light with a few hours of moon light on in the evening.

 

[MysticSkye]

How long do you leave your light on you should stay around 6 to 8 hours of light with a few hours of moon light on in the evening.

That's about right. I think I may have extended it to 8.5-9 hours, but I do leave the blue "moon" lighting on for about 1-2hours then complete darkness until morning. Here's a question, I do have the tank near a window, but the window has curtains and there isn't a whole lot of light that shines through, but there is some lighting towards the evening. Could this arise a concern?

 

[grump299]

If it is direct sun light as long as it is only for a short time you should be ok but that could cause algae in the tank.