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cloudy water !!! ??? Navy Diver 10-15-2007
Posted by on October 19, 2007, 2:59 pm
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yup. also get a heater in there. GF like it 76-80 or so. Ingrid

>I may have added too much salt on the initial fill causing the bio-bug
>issue. the water is a whiteish cloudy but does not smell rank.
>The orandas and frogs seem to be fine and happy.

Posted by Cshenk on October 20, 2007, 8:48 pm
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"Navy Diver" wrote to Tynk

> I'm planning to do the weekly gravel vacuum on Saturday that replaces
> about one third the water. third one since the move.
>
> I may have added too much salt on the initial fill causing the bio-bug
> issue. the water is a whiteish cloudy but does not smell rank.
> The orandas and frogs seem to be fine and happy.

I think you are on the right track. Let the water get cloudy and just
replace enough to mainain balance and it will clear. If you have very hardy
type fish like goldfish, they will not mind the cloudy water at all and the
tank will clear quicker without too much water change (10-20% water change).

xxcarol




Posted by on October 19, 2007, 2:57 pm
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what is the pH? dont use tank clarifier unless the water out of the tap is
cloudy.
Ingrid

>I was also using softer water than now.
>
>But I have ordered a water/tank clarifier to help with the problem.
>
>Thanks
>
>____________________________________________________________________________________________
>
> I wonder if the move may have disturbed your tank's cycle? When I
>was
> cycling my tank it would go through periods where the water was
>cloudy, then
> it would clear up.
>
> Have you tested the water? What results?
>
> --
> David L. Burkhead "Dum Vivimus Vivamus"
> mailto:dburkh...@sff.net "While we live, let us live."

Posted by on October 19, 2007, 2:56 pm
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 cloudy is usually biobugs looking for a home. increase the biomaterial.
decrease feeding, feed higher quality food (like freeze dried krill).
the glass of aquariums collects pretty good colonies of biobugs. cleaning or
drying
could kill them off.
is your new water softened? do you have a bit of "salts" in the water, like 1
teaspoon per 5 gallons.

do you have a heater? every time I left my heater off after cleaning my tank the
biobugs showed how unhappy they were with cloudy water. turned the heat on and
the
biobugs were gone is like 6 hours. Ingrid

>The water became cloudy almost instantly and has remained so for 2
>weeks now? At first I though it was algae since the new location has
>very good lighting but after treating to remove it did nothing.
>
>I have two fairly large lionhead Orandas living together with two
>Africa clawed aquatic frogs. They have been fine together for 3-4
>months.
>
>What could be done to clear the water without having to remove the
>pets? Thanks!

Posted by hotusenet on December 14, 2010, 1:02 am
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Sorry for resurrecting this quite an old thread, but just wanted to say, that
some of your ideas helped me with problem of my own fish tank.
Thanks guys.

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