Cloudy Water Out Of No Where

[Mr.Tan]

So, like mentioned in the thread title my tanks water all of a sudden got sort of cloudy with these fine particles floating around. Everything was gravey, perfectly clear water from the time of setup until about 4 days ago I noticed it clouding up. The only thing I can think is the new fish I added had something to do with it? it started right after I put them in (an angel and a male swordtail).

The male started to shown a sign of fin rot and died after 5 days. The angel fish died on sunday for no apparent reason; within a half an hour it was fine and then dead. All other occupants are fine, my black skirt and neon tetras, female swordtail, cory cats and pleco show no issues at all...


Could the fish have caused something in the tank if they were sick? Or is it just a coincidence? IT is a planted tank with driftwood.

 

[Gilli]

what are your water readings? cloudy water is often a sign of a spike in your water readings which could be caused by the bio overload of adding new fish particularly if your water stats were not spot on before the add?

 

[Mr.Tan]

what are your water readings? cloudy water is often a sign of a spike in your water readings which could be caused by the bio overload of adding new fish particularly if your water stats were not spot on before the add?

I havent measured reading, everything is packed away from my move still...

The tank was running for 6 months prior to this. I moved, and set the tank back up using existing filter media with all beneficial bacteria still in it (kept wet not given a chance to dry out during the move), and then when it was started back up a day later after the move the tank ran for 48 hours before putting the fish back in. The tank has been running for a little over 2 weeks since the move and resetting up of the tank


It had extremely fine particles floating around in it that made it appear cloudy, not like a normal cloudy tank water from a cycle like I am familiar with.

 

[lolobunnz]

The days the media spent without some ammonia has probably killed some of the bacteria. You may be experiencing a mini cycle until the colony grows back. It became more noticeable when a larger load was added or it is now hiting the nitrie part of the cycle?. I would do a water change for sure and dig out that test kit. But of course i dont know exactly for sure. This is my opinion.

 

[Mr.Tan]

The days the media spent without some ammonia has probably killed some of the bacteria. You may be experiencing a mini cycle until the colony grows back. It became more noticeable when a larger load was added or it is now hiting the nitrie part of the cycle?. I would do a water change for sure and dig out that test kit. But of course i dont know exactly for sure. This is my opinion.

i did keep the media soaked in the old tanks water, so it shoudln't have killed any of it off in such a short time. I could be wrong, but I think it would have to dry out to lose all the bacteria? i dont know, its just very weird...

 

[lolobunnz]

Well it is an entire environment! Lol. Its cool. And it is as fragile as it is self sufficient. But something happened over the transition for sure with everything being moved and disrupted. I think time and water changes are all the tank needs.

But for sure also check that nothing can fall in or had potentially spilled into the back of your tank or something. And other than that im fresh out of ideas.

 

[Gilli]

You really need to get that water testing kit unpacked quickly and test - everything else is just guesswork until you get those readings. To be on the safe side until you do test the water I would be doing 50% daily water changes.