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Nic831

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Hi cam anyone tell me whether this cloudy water is caused by the substrate or bacteria bloom. I'm still new to this hobby.
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Hi cam anyone tell me whether this cloudy water is caused by the substrate or bacteria bloom. I'm still new to this hobby.

It is probably a combination of both. The appearance of the substrate suggests to me that it may be some type of plant/enriched substrate which can be initially cloudy. But a bacterial bloom is common in new tanks because the source water usually contains a lot of dissolved organics on which the waste-eating bacteria feed and they multiply rapidly, roughly every 20 minutes.
 
It is probably a combination of both. The appearance of the substrate suggests to me that it may be some type of plant/enriched substrate which can be initially cloudy. But a bacterial bloom is common in new tanks because the source water usually contains a lot of dissolved organics on which the waste-eating bacteria feed and they multiply rapidly, roughly every 20 minutes.
For this situation should I do a water change or just leave it be ?
 
Agree. And when refilling, pour/run the fresh water into a large bowl or similar, so it runs over as this will disturb the substrate less. This will clear much of the substrate-sourced cloudiness. Bacterial blooms are usually not improved with water changes because that is only bring yet more dissolved organics in, but even so, I have sometimes had some improvement. The main thing of course is that this is harmless, whichever source.
 
It is because of the substrate. I set up a new tank with an aqua-soil, and mine did that for the first 48 hrs. Just leave it alone and it should be pretty dang clear in no time. I think part of it will settle, but the rest gets picked up by the filter.

You can change the water, but that just seems like taking a step backwards to me.
 
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If you're using fluval substrate that's what it is, I'm cycling my tank right now and having the same issue. It comes back every time you put a new plant in, also. But it's not as bad as it was my first couple of weeks. And my filter does eventually clear it.
 
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