The Water In My Fish Tank.....

[Carina]

.....has gone really cloudy....ive done a part water change but the water is still cloudy. ive changed the filter pads and no luck. the base is fine gravel. does anyone know why? or how i sort it out?

 

[Beemeeup]

i assume you washed the gravel until the water ran clear - then placed it in the tank?

have you any bogwood in tank and was it placed in water for several weeks to remove the tannin?

 

[Boxa]

How long has the tank been setup?

 

[raptorrex]

.....has gone really cloudy....ive done a part water change but the water is still cloudy. ive changed the filter pads and no luck. the base is fine gravel. does anyone know why? or how i sort it out?

as well as things mentiond above it could also be a spike in the nitrate. unfortunatly changing the filter pads will just make it worse. you may need to do a mini cycle, changing 50% of the water on a daily basis. get yourself a test kit and do some tests. if all else fails do a bit of science. lol

 

[Carina]

my tank has been set up about 4 months now....i washed the gravel when putting it in.

ive got a test water kit and the nitrate and nitrite are both minimum

 

[raptorrex]

my tank has been set up about 4 months now....i washed the gravel when putting it in.

ive got a test water kit and the nitrate and nitrite are both minimum

did you test for amonia?
have you checked the filter pump works? sounds daft but its happened!

 

[yvez9]

usually a tank will go cloudy after a watre change it it cycles itself again. it's hapenned to me maybe twice over two years. A young tank like yours might have had it's bio filter knocked out by too fast a water change or not properly dechlorinating it before adding it to your tank. either way, change 50% daily for a few days, it should clear up by itself!

 

[DarkEntity]

Do you have any wood in the tank. The reason i ask is that it happened to me and i found a layer of mould/slime on a piece of wood. As soon as i removed the wood and did a water change all was well again.

 

[Carina]

Do you have any wood in the tank. The reason i ask is that it happened to me and i found a layer of mould/slime on a piece of wood. As soon as i removed the wood and did a water change all was well again.

no i dont have wood in the tank...i have slate in it