Cloudy Water

[halfbloodprincess]

I need help. I have tryed every thing to try to clear the water in my fish tank. I have done reserch and every thing but nothings worked! What should I do and what is wrong with my aquarium!!!

 

[LouiseRat]

ours is the same , we put cucumber in it 10 days ago and we cant get it clear now .tried water changes filteraid , everything with no luck

 

[halfbloodprincess]

So do you have any suggestions of what I should do?

 

[WILDER]

Abit more info would help, how long has the tank been set up, water stats in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate,and ph.
How many gallons or litres is the tank, full stock list of fish and how many of each.
Do you over feed.

 

[halfbloodprincess]

Ok it is a 29 gallon tank. The fish are: 2 yoyo loaches, 1 clown pleco, 2 neon tetras, 1 red tailed shark, 2 danios, 3 black skirt tetras, 3 gouramis, 1 female betta, 1 platy, and 4 corycats. I am not sure if I am over feeding. And the fish tank has been running for almost a year. The amonia is 0 and the nitrite is too.

 

[WILDER]

I can see why the tank is cloudy as it overstocked.
I would buy another filter and run it with the old one as the filter you have is not coping with the load.
A ted tailed shark needs a 40gal really.
How often do you do a gravel vac.

 

[halfbloodprincess]

I vac the gravel once a week.

 

[WILDER]

These are good filters, i always run two in my tanks.
My tank was cloudy with goldfish just added another filter and it went clear.
http/www.aquatics-online.co.uk/listsecti...&retp=8&rets=15
Can see you have plecs big massive waste producers, bet the water is black with the gravel vac.

And them filters don't take as much room up in the tank as fluvals do.

 

[halfbloodprincess]

Ok, thanks for the great idea.

 

[WILDER]

That filter will clear your tank up, i would squeeze some bacteria onto the new sponges off your other filter sponges, but wet the new sponges first in tank water.

 

[halfbloodprincess]

Ok

 

[halfbloodprincess]

Is there anything else that I could do?

 

[WILDER]

Mybe a small gravel vac, cut down on feeding while you get a new filter.

 

[halfbloodprincess]

Ok, I will do that. Thanks!!!!