Water isn't clear ?

[thuctoanvietnamese]

I'm housing some wild bee shrimp in my cubic 30 tank.But when I try to take pictures of them,I noticed the water is not as clear as before.When I first set it up it was crystal clear.The bees seems pretty healthy.Any advice for this ?

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Tannis from the driftwood maybe?

 

[Slaphppy7]

Is the tank cycled?

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Is the tank cycled?

A bacteria bloom is possible, although it doesn’t look cloudy enough to be a BB.

 

[Slaphppy7]

A bacteria bloom is possible, although it doesn’t look cloudy enough to be a BB.

With just shrimp, not much bacteria would be needed to cycle, is my thought...

 

[Barry Tetra]

Why do you have green leaf in your tank?
It should be dried leave.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

With just shrimp, not much bacteria would be needed to cycle, is my thought...

Well, we don’t know if the OP did a conventional cycle, or added bottled media or something like that.

 

[Slaphppy7]

This is true...

 

[Yohance1130]

Most aquariums when first set up are clear and look beautiful.

after a couple weeks they usually go into different phases before it becomes an established system. They can start getting algae blooms, bb bloom, cloudiness. In general they do not look their best during this phase.

Overtime your aquarium will clear up and establish itself. The cloudiness in aquarium will be temporarily and your aquarium will eventually clear itself up. and look the same way it looked when you first set it up you have to be patient.


Obviously there are different factors contributing to this cloudiness like:

Why do you have green leaf in your tank?
It should be dried leave.

Tannis from the driftwood maybe?

Is the tank cycled?

Well, we don’t know if the OP did a conventional cycle, or added bottled media or something like that.

 

[thuctoanvietnamese]

Why do you have green leaf in your tank?
It should be dried leave.

Its shrimp food

 

[thuctoanvietnamese]

Well, we don’t know if the OP did a conventional cycle, or added bottled media or something like that.

I did cycled properly

 

[thuctoanvietnamese]

Tannis from the driftwood maybe?

I have blackwater tank outside.Although the water color is yellowish,It remain clear
But that one look like it have tiny dust inside

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Do you have a filter? I don’t see one...

 

[thuctoanvietnamese]

Do you have a filter? I don’t see one...

I have a HOB on the side

 

[thuctoanvietnamese]

Equipped with lava rock