Cloudy Water!

[Boston-Celtic]

Hi guys/ladies, I hope everyone is well. As you can see from the title of my discussion my freshwater aquarium is having a cloudy water situation. I own a 55 gallon tank that is home to 11 african cichlids and one pleco. Recently i have changed the filter cartridge of my filter and i have noticed that my water began to get cloudy. The strange part is that the color of the cloudyness in the water is white. As a result of this i went to petco and they recommended me API ACCU-CLEAR and so I bought it. The result was that it made my tank slightly worse. Can anyone help me out in finding out the cause of this white cloudyness and what is the best way to get my water crystal clear again? Please and thank you. Regards -Anthony

 

[HAMBONE]

Hi guys/ladies, I hope everyone is well. As you can see from the title of my discussion my freshwater aquarium is having a cloudy water situation. I own a 55 gallon tank that is home to 11 african cichlids and one pleco. Recently i have changed the filter cartridge of my filter and i have noticed that my water began to get cloudy. The strange part is that the color of the cloudyness in the water is white. As a result of this i went to petco and they recommended me API ACCU-CLEAR and so I bought it. The result was that it made my tank slightly worse. Can anyone help me out in finding out the cause of this white cloudyness and what is the best way to get my water crystal clear again? Please and thank you. Regards -Anthony

dude, I am hasing the same issue right now.. I think you're juss going to has to ride it out yo..from what I was told your shiznit is out of balance and has to get readjusted..

 

[Fishy friend2]

The filter is the place that houses thew majority of your filter bacteria, called nitrifying bacteria such as nitrosomonas. These are vital parts of Fishkeeping as this is open of the main supports of your aquarium, they stabilize ammonia levels converting/oxidizing them into nitrites which are still just as harmful as ammonia, nitrites are then converted by other types of nitrifying bacteria into nitrates which are only harmful in Elevated levels, which you wouldn't have to worry about as you just took out all the bacteria. You should ideally purchase a testing kit and research a fish in cycle. The cloudy water is considered a bacterial bloom which is a part of the biogenesis cycle where the notifying bacteria grows

 

[Boston-Celtic]

The filter is the place that houses thew majority of your filter bacteria, called nitrifying bacteria such as nitrosomonas. These are vital parts of Fishkeeping as this is open of the main supports of your aquarium, they stabilize ammonia levels converting/oxidizing them into nitrites which are still just as harmful as ammonia, nitrites are then converted by other types of nitrifying bacteria into nitrates which are only harmful in Elevated levels, which you wouldn't have to worry about as you just took out all the bacteria. You should ideally purchase a testing kit and research a fish in cycle. The cloudy water is considered a bacterial bloom which is a part of the biogenesis cycle where the notifying bacteria grows

Thank you for replying my discussion. So basically apart from purchasing a testing kit and researching the fish cycle, I have to wait for the filter bacteria to colonize once again. And since I took out the old filter cartridges that housed the nitrosomonas and put new ones in, that is what caused the white cloudyness/bacterial bloom?

 

[Fishy friend2]

Yes. Nitrosomonas aren't the only nitrifying bacteria though, usually a full cycle takes anywhere from 3-10 weeks. Usually being completed in around a month, so youll need to have the filter running for around a month without any disturbances for the nitrifying bActeria to grow