cloudy tnak

[One_Trick_Pony]

i have posted in chit chat hoping to fidn a soultion to the cloudy tnak, but i am woudering if there is anything i can do to prevent teh low growing plants form sufferign form a lack of light until the cloudiness clears??

Pony

 

[zig]

Snap......i have cloudy tank syndrome as well, dont know if there is a lot you can do its probably some type of bacteria in the water, i have read that this can happen if you have a new filter running (as in my case) but i dont know how true or accurate this is.

Mine is a type of milkyness in the water, its cleared a little bit but not much, ive been running the tank for about 2-3 weeks but only added plants in the last week or so but the cloudyness hasnt changed one way or the other with the addition of the plants.

I have kept the carbon filter running for the moment, i know this isnt ideal for plants but i want to try and eliminate the cloudyness of the water, but by the end of the week im going to remove the carbon filter and leave it out as i dont think its doing that much to help the problem anyway and by that stage the carbon will have been running for 3 weeks.

Im sure it will go eventually and in the meantime ill continue to do water changes etc just like normal.

Is your tank running long or have you made any changes lately, filters etc or did the cloudyness just appear quite suddenly?

EDIT: my plants seem to be fine with it, they are pearling etc im sure if the water was clearer it would help the plants lower down the tank but the cloudyness isnt that bad that i would worry about it .

Its more annoying to look at than anything else.

 

[One_Trick_Pony]

well, i can see 'clouds' rolling aorun the tnak the tnak has been going maybe a month or a litl ore so not that long either, i have just finshed medicating for white sport and that is when cloudiness appered now i think of itagain i re added carbon to get rid of meds and cloudiness but if it doesn;t hel i will remopve it soon as well

PONy

 

[jimbooo]

this may sound daft but lift them up. if were talking about low light plants like java fern, anubias etc which are rooted on rock or wood pile them on top of more rocks to get them closer to the light.

will get you through the cloudy stage without damaging the plants.

if their rooted in substrate however theres not a lot you can do

 

[One_Trick_Pony]

that so daft its a great idea thanx jimboo!!!

 

[RYO]

Check on your water conditioner dosing, some conditioners contain plant extracts and overdosing can cause a milkyness to your water.

 

[mellowserra]

If you are able to make use of one, a diatom filter is supposed to be excellent for safely polishing the cloudiness right out of your water.

 

[zig]

Unfortunatly diatom filters arnt really available in the UK.

Not that i know of anyway.