Another Cloudy Water Thread

[60007]

Hello all, sorry to bother you, I've been setting up my tank for a fishless cyle for the past week, and recently added plants (yesterday) and the water suddenly turned cloudy, it seems a little better, but I'm not sure whats wrong. From what I've read from seaching the forum its either a bacteria bloom (because when I turned the filter pump on, old fish flakes fell out, which I didn't think would be a bad thing at the time, as its food for the plants, plus I thought the snails from the plants might have eaten it), or something else.

I'm afraid I haven't gotten readings for the water, but I did treat it with "Tetra safe" before adding the plants the tetra safe states that it "creates clear water", but mine is cloudy.

Would turning of the air pump (Car) and the filter help solve this problem, or is it a case of replacing some water or simply waiting?

Thank you for taking the time to read this,

~Andrew

 

[mixmaster jay]

im not too good at this part but i think its a bacteria bloom like you think mate just do everything as you would in cycling maybe just do an extra 25%/30%
or just wait for someone else to tell you better lol

 

[mooey65]

(Sorry off topic)


I don't like toys in fish tanks but I want that beetle

 

[60007]

im not too good at this part but i think its a bacteria bloom like you think mate just do everything as you would in cycling maybe just do an extra 25%/30%
or just wait for someone else to tell you better lol

Thanks for your reply, when should I do a water change? I'm getting some Zebra Danios on thursday, as recomended by my LFS. so should I change some of the water before or after?

(Sorry off topic)


I don't like toys in fish tanks but I want that beetle

Thats exactly what I said when I was in a pet shop on holiday! Just scroll down the page
http/www.fishandfins.co.uk/fun-ornaments.htm

Cheers,

~Andrew

 

[waterdrop]

Hi 60007 and welcome to TFF!

You most likely have a bacterial bloom and they are normal, harmless and will go away. The milky look you see are the millions of "heterotrophic" bacteria (not the beneficial ones we want in the filter) which are in the water and have reacted to the high organic content by multiplying it eat it and turn it into ammonia.

Please don't run out and get the danios or any other live fish to cycle your tank. There's a a better and more humane way. Look in our Beginners Resource Center and read the articles on the Nitrogen Cycle and on Fishless Cycling. The thing that makes a tank safe for fish is a working "biofilter" and it takes one or two months (!) to create that. Before that, putting fish in is just a way of shortening their lives and creating extra work for yourself changing water. The period of the fishless cycle is a wonderful way to interact with the members here, learning all sorts of new stuff and sharing about your new tank. The members here enjoy helping with a fishless cycle. Its one of the main things this subforum is all about!

~~waterdrop~~