My Tank Water Is Dirty!

Um I just started filling up my tank and this happened:
How do I fix this? The dirt from my substrate must’ve stirred. I have Seachem Flourite as my gravel.

 

Maybe you could go ahead an fill it up. If you are using a HOB type filter fill it with poli-fill and let it filter out the stuff in the water. You may have to rinse the poli-fill often.

 

Can't really do anything but to just let it settle down or change the water again to remove most of the particles and carefully acclimate fish back into there.

 

How long should it take to settle down?

The problem is, the filter is running on the fishes tank who I see going in here, so I’m going to transfer her filter when I transfer her, should I put the filter in now? Will she be ok for a few hours without one?

 

How long should it take to settle down?

The problem is, the filter is running on the fishes tank who I see going in here, so I’m going to transfer her filter when I transfer her, should I put the filter in now? Will she be ok for a few hours without one?

she might be OK but I would be more concerned about crashing my cycle. I wouldn't use my only filter to do this job 'specially if it is the one I use on a cycled tank. there is too big a chance of crashing the cycle.

 

It would take a few hours for it to settle down. She should still be fine in cloudy waters as the particles are very fine and you can move the filter with her. If you have filter floss in your filter, it'll clear up faster.

 

That definitely looks like your gravel substrate wasn't washed enough--in my experience dirt (at least the Miracle Grow Organic Potting Soil) tends to be much darker.
Keep it at that level and let it settle overnight. If you had a spare HOB, letting it run with some filter floss in it does wonders for clearing suspended particles up fast (I have some used HOBs I picked up for cheap at thrift stores, just for this because I run dirted tanks). After it settles, vacuum the water out being as gentle as you can to not re-suspend everything, then refill GENTLY, using a dish to pour the water onto to slowly fill it.

If this is a brand new setup (which is the impression I'm getting) then it's good to give it a day to settle after all that anyway. Then move over your filter and decorations from the old setup to run in the new one for a day. If this is for your girl Julia, she should be fine in the old setup for at least that long, given her water is clean. Then test parameters, and if it all looks OK, move her over. You may have a mini-cycle, but if it's just the one betta, you probably will be fine because the water volume/ammonia level will be less than before--if fact, if the ammonia levels fall too quickly you might LOSE your cycle (which is why I like to transfer some of their old tank water with them--seeding the tank with a little extra ammonia than if it is just fresh, AND if you've cleaned your tank before you suck it up, you'll have some suspended bacteria as well which can settle into it's new home with your fish. Not everyone might agree with that, but it's worked for me. Our water is so sterile of everything, I worry more about losing cycles than anything else.)

For reference: Mine with suspended dirt



Mine later that day with only the single sponge filter:

The next day after I had drained it, refilled it and was much more careful filling it:


The aquarium that evening (after I moved the second sponge and some fish over):

 

she might be OK but I would be more concerned about crashing my cycle. I wouldn't use my only filter to do this job 'specially if it is the one I use on a cycled tank. there is too big a chance of crashing the cycle.

The tank she’s in now actually isn’t cycled, she was an impulse buy and I’m trying to put her in with a bunch of plants to ease her ammonia burns Andy finish cycling safely.

That definitely looks like your gravel substrate wasn't washed enough--in my experience dirt (at least the Miracle Grow Organic Potting Soil) tends to be much darker.
Keep it at that level and let it settle overnight. If you had a spare HOB, letting it run with some filter floss in it does wonders for clearing suspended particles up fast (I have some used HOBs I picked up for cheap at thrift stores, just for this because I run dirted tanks). After it settles, vacuum the water out being as gentle as you can to not re-suspend everything, then refill GENTLY, using a dish to pour the water onto to slowly fill it.

If this is a brand new setup (which is the impression I'm getting) then it's good to give it a day to settle after all that anyway. Then move over your filter and decorations from the old setup to run in the new one for a day. If this is for your girl Julia, she should be fine in the old setup for at least that long, given her water is clean. Then test parameters, and if it all looks OK, move her over. You may have a mini-cycle, but if it's just the one betta, you probably will be fine because the water volume/ammonia level will be less than before--if fact, if the ammonia levels fall too quickly you might LOSE your cycle (which is why I like to transfer some of their old tank water with them--seeding the tank with a little extra ammonia than if it is just fresh, AND if you've cleaned your tank before you suck it up, you'll have some suspended bacteria as well which can settle into it's new home with your fish. Not everyone might agree with that, but it's worked for me. Our water is so sterile of everything, I worry more about losing cycles than anything else.)

Yes this is brand new and it is for Julia.
I’m concerned about my plants though. I could put them into my other betta tank until the tank settles down. Would that work?

 

The tank she’s in now actually isn’t cycled, she was an impulse buy and I’m trying to put her in with a bunch of plants to ease her ammonia burns Andy finish cycling safely.

Yes this is brand new and it is for Julia.
I’m concerned about my plants though. I could put them into my other betta tank until the tank settles down. Would that work?

The plants will be fine--just get a little dirty as stuff settles on them But they can take it.

 

Would it be better to put them into the betta tank just until it settles?