Cloudy Water

[skinpjs]

my tank has been going for 5 days now and the water was clear to begin with and after 36 hours has gone cloudy and doesnt seem to be clearing. i have had the water tested and the results came back fine. when i set it up i de chlorinated the water and added the fish cycle booster. i have done a 20% water change as well. could any body offer any advice.

 

[foley69]

its probably a bacteria bloom nothign to worry about just means ya bacteria are growing i think mine was like this it went after about 4-7 days nothing to worry about

 

[skinpjs]

my tank has been going for 5 days now and the water was clear to begin with and after 36 hours has gone cloudy and doesnt seem to be clearing. i have had the water tested and the results came back fine. when i set it up i de chlorinated the water and added the fish cycle booster. i have done a 20% water change as well. could any body offer any advice.

should i continue to do partial water changes or let nature take its course

 

[foley69]

is it a fishless cycle if so i would leave it eventually it will clear and bacteria will grown

 

[skinpjs]

is it a fishless cycle if so i would leave it eventually it will clear and bacteria will grown

i have added a three spot gourami and a mollie after my water test was done

 

[backtotropical]

Have a read of the pinned article on bacterial blooms.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=246850

 

[sivabiot]

Have a read of the pinned article on bacterial blooms.

[URL="http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=246850"]http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=246850[/URL]

nothing to worry nitrogenous bacterial bloom u just have to worry about green cloudy water ( algal bloom) which is harmful to fish

 

[OldMan47]

Sivabiot, a green water bloom is just the opposite. It is beneficial to the fish. The only negative about it is that it makes the fish a bit hard to see. Standard advice for a commercial breeder in a place that is warm enough for outdoor ponds is to fertilize the water a couple of weeks before adding any fish and wait until the water is regular pea soup before adding the breeders. If green water was a problem, that would be some terrible advice for the agriculture department to give their fish breeders but is exactly what I find when I go to the AG website.
In addition, a commercial breeder of endlers, that I sometimes write back and forth to, has said that when he has fish that just don't look up to par, he throws them into a green water tub for a few weeks and the improvement is amazing.

 

[sivabiot]

Sivabiot, a green water bloom is just the opposite. It is beneficial to the fish. The only negative about it is that it makes the fish a bit hard to see. Standard advice for a commercial breeder in a place that is warm enough for outdoor ponds is to fertilize the water a couple of weeks before adding any fish and wait until the water is regular pea soup before adding the breeders. If green water was a problem, that would be some terrible advice for the agriculture department to give their fish breeders but is exactly what I find when I go to the AG website.
In addition, a commercial breeder of endlers, that I sometimes write back and forth to, has said that when he has fish that just don't look up to par, he throws them into a green water tub for a few weeks and the improvement is amazing.

i stand corrected