kev350d
Fish Crazy
Ive had my tank set up shy of a fortnight and since the night it was set up ive suffered murky cloudy water, ive read what i could find on new tank syndrome but this advises that it should have cleared.
My tank had to be stocked with 6 gouramis (3x golden and 3x pearl) and also a hell of alot of plants when my father in laws tank burst last week.
I run a fluval 405 ext canister and now a fluval 4 plus int. my water stats are as follows:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
PH 7.0
Nitrate 0
I have donated media in my 405 although its early days yet, I have gave the tank 4x 20% water changes since setting it up and used only Tetra Aqua Safe and yesterday i used BClear and noticed no change 24hrs later.
I have 1st layer substrate under the gravel but this i doubt is causing the issue as it gives off a brown peaty colour when rinsed.
The gravel was rinsed through before being placed in the tank.
Short of changing all the water and rinsing off the gravel again does anyone have any suggestions.
Here are a couple pics that ive took (darkened slightly to show the colour and depth of the cloud)
Is it bacterial or dust ?
Btw. the fish seem to be very active and healthy although i have been told to not feed them for 3 days they eat the small amounts i have been feeding them with no scrap falling from the surface (and with no ammonia showing could this be an issue) and should i continue to feed in small ammounts.
My tank had to be stocked with 6 gouramis (3x golden and 3x pearl) and also a hell of alot of plants when my father in laws tank burst last week.
I run a fluval 405 ext canister and now a fluval 4 plus int. my water stats are as follows:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
PH 7.0
Nitrate 0
I have donated media in my 405 although its early days yet, I have gave the tank 4x 20% water changes since setting it up and used only Tetra Aqua Safe and yesterday i used BClear and noticed no change 24hrs later.
I have 1st layer substrate under the gravel but this i doubt is causing the issue as it gives off a brown peaty colour when rinsed.
The gravel was rinsed through before being placed in the tank.
Short of changing all the water and rinsing off the gravel again does anyone have any suggestions.
Here are a couple pics that ive took (darkened slightly to show the colour and depth of the cloud)
Is it bacterial or dust ?
Btw. the fish seem to be very active and healthy although i have been told to not feed them for 3 days they eat the small amounts i have been feeding them with no scrap falling from the surface (and with no ammonia showing could this be an issue) and should i continue to feed in small ammounts.