Tank Went Cloudy?

[fishmad2014]

Hi, i used to keep fish last year but got rid off them and went into reptiles for a while.
 
well i decided a few months ago, so i set-up the tank to cycle while getting rid off the reptiles.
 
all the stats are fine and been tested by the LFS as well to double check all good.
 
so i went today and got some fish then all off a sudden went all cloudy
 
so now ill be doing 25% water changes every day.
 
all fish are happy and healthy swimming around maybe i could off added too many fish at once?
 
fish i got are following:
 
2x Angels.
2x Keyholes.
2x Blue Rams
12x guppys.
6x platys.
6x khoolie loaches.
6x dwarf corys.
6x cardinal tetras.
6x glow light tetras.
6x rosy tetras.
6x forgot name off the tetras
3x dwarf gouramis.
1x whiptail pleco
1x red tail shark
 
but ill be doing water changes everyday which i don't mind. i just don't know why it just went all cloudy
im not new to the hobby but the first after a cycle this has happened.
 
(all stats are still fine) 
 
thanks

 

[bluesword23516]

What is the tank size and what do you use for substrate?

 

[sawickib]

As bluesword said, do you know the tank size, how many fish did you add at once, and what other decor.

 

[Ninjouzata]

How did you cycle the tank? Did you follow THIS?
 
I recommend returning a lot of the fish, if not all of them, depending on if the tank was actually cycled and the size of it.

 

[Blubble37]

The cloudyness is likely to be a bacterial bloom, take back as many fish as possible. Buy your own test kit, the LFS will almost always tell you it's okay so that they can sell you fish. If you've just left it running for a few weeks that isnt cycling the tank, that's leaving it running for a few weeks. So you've probably just added the motherload of fish into a tank with no way of dealing with the ammonia they produce, hence the massive bloom.

 

[KirkyArcher]

Did you actually get any results for your water stats from your LFS or were you just told that they are OK, cloudy water is usually a bloom of heterotrophic bacteria, water changes will have little effect these blooms themselves as they reproduce very quickly however water changes will reduce the ammonia that these blooms actually produce and they also reduce oxygen content in the water until the nitrifying bacteria get established sufficiently to process the ammonia.

 

[fishmad2014]

ok tank is 4ft 2ft 2ft. the nitrite is 0 ppm, ammonia is 0ppm. i checked the PH again last night and it was 8.2!!! so i done only a 25% water change then went to bed. woke up and the tank is crystal clear fish come straight up for their food and look happy.
 
i have gravel as substrate.
 
the PH this morning is 7.6 which is alot better.

 

[Ninjouzata]

How did you cycle the tank? Did you add ammonia?
 
Am not trying to bother you but just want to be sure.

 

[fishmad2014]

fishless cycle and yes i added ammonia, but it had been cycleing for about 3 months, but all stats are fine was the PH

 

[Blubble37]

Keep monitoring it, ideally there shouldnt be any blooms at all when adding fish, but if it clears up and the levels go to 0 and 0 then stay there over a few days with no water changing or chemicals, it could be considered an anomaly, but only if the levels stay consistently down with no external input

 

[fishmad2014]

OK, as looking at the fish making sure there all there i come across baby's already hiding in between the gravel, so far its all ok. but im thinking could it be due to putting the water from the fish bags in the tank when i put the fish in. 

 

[Blubble37]

you shoudnt do that if at all possible, may be why

 

[Wansui]

For starters, you should never buy that many fish at once. Second, that tank sounds way over stocked. And you should NEVER add fish store water into your tank. Please return some of those fish if you wan't them to live.