Cloudy tank

[Shnookina]

I havn't put any fish in my tank yet and its been up for 2 days, the water is very cloudy, can anyone tell me why this is happening and how do i get rid of it? or will it go when i add plants and fish?

 

[breezer40]

The cloudy water is a bacterial bloom. This is quite normal in a newly set up tank. It will take around a month before the water in the tank is ready for fish and if you havent already got test kits for Ammonia, Nitrate and Nitrite I suggest you get some. When the Ammonia and Nitrite equal 0 and the Nitrate is around the 10 mark..then it will be ok to add fish.

 

[jimw13uk]

You can speed this up dramatically by either using some water from another established aquarium or using an established filter or by buying a product called Bio-Spira (only ever seen it in the states though).
the first two are probably the ebst options for you.
If you have a 20g tanks then by swapping 10g of your water for 10g of established tank water you will really get the tank set up quickly