sudden cloudy water

[mzmad1]

Hi All!

After keeping a 75 gal. freshwater tank for 2 years now, with wonderful sucess, and thriving fish,...suddenly one day,...the water got very cloudy, and increased cloudiness by the hour. I am stumped, and very worried.

I immediately did water change, and have done water change daily for 5 days,...
and within an hour, the water clouds up, and worsens by the hour. The fish seem sluggish, and my snails all died shortly after this began. I pulled them out immediately.

I have completely disassembled and cleaned all of my filters, pumps and have thouroughly hydrovaced with each water change, cleaned decorations,...I am absolutely baffled, and extremely worried,...I know it's not good to keep changeing water daily, and it isn't helping anyway,...Please help,....what can be causing this, is it harmful to my fish, and what can I do to stop whatever this is?
Should I stop water changes and see if it stablizes on it's own?

I would be so very grateful for any help you all can give as soon as possible,...
I'll be waiting for your input! Thanx so much.

 

[sazza]

Hello,

The exact same thing has happened to me today (180 litre tank, Jewel setup and standard filters, has been set up since Nov 04). I have just got home and hubbie said that it has been getting worse by the hour. The temperature seems a little high 27 degress C rather than the usual 25. I treated the tank with some anti fungal and fin rot 1-2 days ago, but this did not cause the water to cloud at that stage.

My guess is that it could be a bacteria bloom...and it may settle down, but am at a loss really

The fish look fine, but am worried now

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

 

[mzmad1]

Thanks for writing!

I feel your frustration! Especially when everything has been going perfectly fine, and then WHAM! It's hard not to be upset.
I just recieved a very helpful reply from "Wilder", which eased my mind a bit. Here is the link he sent me,...hope it helps,.....

http/www.totallyfish.com/tips/cloudywater.html

Thanks Wilder,
appreciate it.