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Posted by L u on March 6, 2008, 8:48 am
Please log in for more thread options I keep doing freqent water changes. Over 75% every few days. I age the
water for a few days. And even when I pour it in, the tank is cloudy!
I'm looking at the aged water sitting on my counter now. It's crystal
clear. But the minute it hits the tank it will go cloudy.
I guess it's probably too much fish waste or too much food. Or both.
Fresh aged water shouldn't go cloudy the minute it hits the tank. I know
when I pour it in, I see a ton of particles flying around and getting
stirred up. I have a filter, so I don't understand. I'm going to test
the ammonia level in a little while. Maybe that could be it?
I have 2 goldfish, a black moor, a guppy, and a gourami. Tank is 5
gallons.
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Posted by Hank Nussbacher on March 9, 2008, 1:17 am
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Romantasy1@webtv.net (L u) wrote:
>I keep doing freqent water changes. Over 75% every few days. I age the
>water for a few days. And even when I pour it in, the tank is cloudy!
>I'm looking at the aged water sitting on my counter now. It's crystal
>clear. But the minute it hits the tank it will go cloudy.
>
>I guess it's probably too much fish waste or too much food. Or both.
>Fresh aged water shouldn't go cloudy the minute it hits the tank. I know
>when I pour it in, I see a ton of particles flying around and getting
>stirred up. I have a filter, so I don't understand. I'm going to test
>the ammonia level in a little while. Maybe that could be it?
>
>I have 2 goldfish, a black moor, a guppy, and a gourami. Tank is 5
>gallons.
Do you own a gravelvac? No need to buy the Python - you can get the simple $7
one as well. Unless you vacuum your gravel every few weeks - when you pour
fresh water into the tank it will become cloudy. For a 5G tank, get the $7
gravelvac at your LFS.
-Hank
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Posted by L u on March 9, 2008, 3:53 am
Please log in for more thread options Thank you Hank :)
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Posted by ExPat on March 9, 2008, 10:44 am
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On Mar 9, 3:53=A0am, Romanta...@webtv.net (L u) wrote:
> Thank you Hank :)
As posts previous to this stated, reduce and cut back on the amount
and the frequencey that you feed. Excess feed unconsumed leads to
ammonia buildup due to rotting etc whgich leads to high numbers of
bacteria which leads to cloudy water.....I still personally believe
your going to have a problematic issue with the size tanks and the
type fish you have as well as the type of filtration you have in use
(undergravel IIRC)
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Posted by L u on March 9, 2008, 12:20 pm
Please log in for more thread options I have cut back on the feeding.
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>water for a few days. And even when I pour it in, the tank is cloudy!
>I'm looking at the aged water sitting on my counter now. It's crystal
>clear. But the minute it hits the tank it will go cloudy.
>
>I guess it's probably too much fish waste or too much food. Or both.
>Fresh aged water shouldn't go cloudy the minute it hits the tank. I know
>when I pour it in, I see a ton of particles flying around and getting
>stirred up. I have a filter, so I don't understand. I'm going to test
>the ammonia level in a little while. Maybe that could be it?
>
>I have 2 goldfish, a black moor, a guppy, and a gourami. Tank is 5
>gallons.