Mucky Water After Cleaning

[oldoak66]

Hi - I now have my fish family in my tank and today I did a 50% water change and cleaned the gravel but now the water is really dirty - with bits floating in it - I got most of the rubbish with the gravel vac and obviously missed some but it looks a mess - cloudy water - will it clear up?

Also, my neons have white spot and I am going to start treating it today and I have read all the posts about it but will the treatment harm my other fish (tank inhabitants = 4 guppies, 6 harlequin rasbora, 2 corys as well as 5 neons). When reading up in another part of forum on the guppies, I think the 3 female guppies are pregnant (which I believe is quite common ) , will it harm them? I don't have space to get a separate tank for quarantine purposes, so hopefully they will be okay.

Thanks for your help.

 

[alessasavoca]

i can't answer the question about the guppies and white spot meds but as far as your mucky water is concerned, the filter should clear that up in a few hours


someone should be along soon to help you with your guppy question soon !

 

[oldoak66]

Thanks - I hope so!

 

[Jozlyn]

the white spot medication should not affect your guppy girls.

But you WILL need to get some more tanks! With 3 females (and 1 male) you're going to be inundated with fry. The girls can drop up 60 fry at a time, every 4 weeks! And given that you've got a male in there, they'll do that for the rest of their lives! You'll need to keep the fry for at least 3 months before they'll be big enough to sell, so I'd start looking for some more tanks and start cycling some more filters!

Good luck

 

[vinylman]

The constant Guppy breeding will also shorten the females' lives considerably - they literally become worn out.

 

[Lynda B]

If you had that much gunk in your water, it's possible that you're a) overfeeding and b ) not doing regular enough water changes. Both will increase the ammonia in your tank and be toxic to your fish.

 

[oldoak66]

I have taken the lady guppies back to the LFS from whence they came because I couldn't stand the thought of the babies being eaten and the poor ladies constantly giving birth - I didn't want to be responsible for that. I got 2 more males instead - beautiful boys.

As far as the gunk is concerned, I think I may have been over-feeding and I have cut back and I am currently treating white spot so don't want to change the water just yet until the treatment is over - the levels seem to be dropping so it may be that I over-stocked in the first place to quickly after cycling. If need be I will do small water changes and re-medicate. I am keeping an eye on things.

Thanks for advice.

 

[Lynda B]

At the beginning, my husband was overfeeding something fierce. It was really hard for him to understand that he really needed to cut back. But he just loves watching them eat.