Calico Fantails And Cloudy Water In A New Tank.

[sirfeesh]

I have a brand new 10 gallon tank with 1 calico fantail about 2 1/2 inches.

I have two filters in the tank, conditioner w/ stress coat, and aquarium salt in the aquarium, its been set up for about 4 days and the water is really foggy! I know all goldfish produce a lot of waste but I'm pretty sure this isn't normal.

 

[syou125]

Hey

Is the water white in colour or green? if its white then the filters are not cycled and it prob a bacterial bloom, if its green in colour then it most likely an algae bloom.



How did you cycle the tank and do you have the ammonia, nitrate and nitrite results?

 

[Aquascaper]

Due to goldfish producing a lot of waste as you are aware they shouldn't really be kept in anything smaller than 30g.

As syou125 says, white = bacterial & green = algae

 

[sirfeesh]

I was given him and don't have the funds right now to upgrade, so I'm working on keeping this environment as healthy as possible. I am a first time fish owner other than a betta I had when I was much younger. I've read about bacteria blooms and I also know that goldfish are usually hardy enough to handle them, but should I remove the fish while the filters are working, or remove him and start cycling from scratch?

the only alternative home I have available is a 1 gallon fish bowl.

I was given him and don't have the funds right now to upgrade, so I'm working on keeping this environment as healthy as possible. I am a first time fish owner other than a betta I had when I was much younger. I've read about bacteria blooms and I also know that goldfish are usually hardy enough to handle them, but should I remove the fish while the filters are working, or remove him and start cycling from scratch?

the only alternative home I have available is a 1 gallon fish bowl.

**should I keep him in there, or remove him**

 

[Blitz]

Don't put him in the fish bowl!!

Is the gravel new? If it is, that may be the cause. You can remove all the gravel, and soak it for a few hours, rinse it, and put it back into the tank maybe? Just a thought.

Well, where else would you put him besides the 10 gallon tank? You'll need a 30 gallon once you have all your money saved up.
I don't really see the whole point of cycling NOW. If you can save up your money now, buy a 30 gallon, cycle it, and once it's done cycle just put the fish in it then.

Happy fish keepings.

 

[fluttermoth]

Keep the fish in the biggest tank you have.

Change nearly all the water (leave just enough for the fish to swim upright, before refilling with temperature matched, dechlorinated water) every day, and that will keep your fish safe while your filter 'cycles' (that is, grows the good bacteria that eat the fish's wastes for you).

When you can get a bigger tank, put all the stuff from the filter you have now into the new tank's filter, and you won't lose any of the bacteria that are growing in there.

It would be really useful (and save you a lot of hard work!) if you can get water testing kits, for ammonia and nitrite. If you can test to see how much of those are in the water, you might find you don't need to change all the water every time, just enough so that neither of those toxins goes above 0.25ppm.

 

[sirfeesh]

Thanks!!! I'll start changing the water, but I was under the impression that the filters wont grow the bacteria without all the bad stuff in the water?

 

[fluttermoth]

Your filter will still cycle with an amount of ammonia that's too small to show up on our home test kits. It will be slower, but that's what you must do to keep your fish safe. Any amount of ammonia (or nitrite, for that matter) over 0.25ppm can cause long term health problems for fish.