Losing Guppies

[glyndawn]

yes its for tanks when i washed i got all the water out of the bucket well as much as i could but when i finish the tank was clear the it went white

 

[KittyKat]

You say the water went white after you added the gravel? Milky white? After how long did it do that? Did you combat this with a water change?

 

[glyndawn]

i notiched it a few hours later i left it and it cleared by the day after it looked like new tank sydrom

 

[glyndawn]

should i clean the pads

 

[KittyKat]

So, lets recap:
1. You do a 50% water change
2. You add new gravel
3. The water goes milky
4. Ammonia and nitrite readings appear
5. Fish start dying

All correct?

[Side comment: why didn't you give all this information at the start?!?]

Now, back to the readings: why is your nitrate at 0ppm? Do you use nitrate removing products?

Conclusion: something in the water change or gravel caused your filter to crash. The cloudy water after the fact reinforces this.

should i clean the pads

Yes, you should clean them regularly by squeezing them in old tank water.

 

[glyndawn]

sounds about right so in the mean time its back to water changes ?

 

[KittyKat]

Yes, back to water changes until the bacteria recover.

 

[glyndawn]

thankyou