New Fish Tank Cloudy And High Kh

[LeviD]

Hello , I Set up my brand new 60l fish tank 2 days ago, i added gravel, water and water conditioner and filter. Didn't add no fish and im not planning to i want to let it cycle. The thing is its cloudy and has very high Kh 20d To be exact , i tested with testing strips. Chlorine is fine,Ph is fine, Gh is fine, No3 is fine and No2 is fine. I Need to know why my water is cloudy , its really bothering me now , and how to lower the Kh. How long will it take for my water to clear? Thank you

 

[marieukxx]

I just set up my 60 litre and it was cloudy at first but cleared. Don't know about the rest as I'm new to this.

 

[STEWARDSONS]

could be a bacteria bloom, it should go away after a few days.

 

[Min8040]

I had the cloudy problem once. I was asked if I washed the new gravel fisrt before placing into tank. I didn`t. I waited a week and still cloudy. I had no fish at the time so I just emptied the tank, washed the gravel and started all over again. This second time the water was clear as day and left it to cycle.

 

[Miles_hot]

I've noticed that the view is that testing strips are very inaccurate - I would suggest getting the API Master Freshwater (or similar) to be sure of the results of testing.

 

[micko]

I take it that your adding ammonia?

I've noticed that the view is that testing strips are very inaccurate - I would suggest getting the API Master Freshwater (or similar) to be sure of the results of testing.

+1. Liquid tests are far more accurate.