Cloudy Water Help

[Truetommy]

I just finally filled up my new 100 gallon tank about a week ago, about two days ago i took the cycled filters off my 55 as well as a secondary filter and put them on the 100, i also transfered the fish from the 55 up inyo the hundred gallon. For the first few days everything seemed fine, and the water was crystal clear. However when i got up this morning the water was soo cloudy i could barely see the fish. I instantly checked the water parameters and everything was all set, so then i changed the filter floss on my filters and did a 50% water change. The water change helped initially, but when i walked back in about an hour after the water was worse than it was tgis morning. You can even see clouds moving around in the water, if anyone knows what this might be, any help would be greatly appretiated. Thanks

 

[xraycer]

Just a bacteria bloom, which is harmless. Once the new tank "settles" in, the cloudiness should go away. Just keep checking parameters

 

[millerkid519]

I agree it will be a bacteria bloom. Just a question tho was the sand washed before put in the tank?

 

[Truetommy]

was the sand washed before put in the tank?

Ya, the bag it came in had a bunch of small little holes in it that i ran water through

 

[millerkid519]

It's most likely from the sand then I washed mine in a pail for about 20 minutes and it was still dirty. Probably your fish routing threw the sand and string it up

 

[xraycer]

If this cloudiness occurred a few days later, as stated in the original post, then its not the sand

 

[pops]

sounds like tank is not cycled or filters medie not able to handle the new bio load. what are you using for a test kit?

 

[millerkid519]

If this cloudiness occurred a few days later, as stated in the original post, then its not the sand[/QUOTE

]Ya your right I never really thought that comment threw before I posted it. I retract the sand comment

 

[Betta132]

Test your water parameters and be certain they're alright.
It's probably a bacterial bloom. Happens sometimes in new tanks. Perfectly harmless. Doing big water changes is probably a good idea, since the tank is new and potentially unstable, and it'll help cut down on the fogginess.

 

[xraycer]

Test your water parameters and be certain they're alright.
It's probably a bacterial bloom. Happens sometimes in new tanks. Perfectly harmless. Doing big water changes is probably a good idea, since the tank is new and potentially unstable, and it'll help cut down on the fogginess.

I instantly checked the water parameters and everything was all set, so then i changed the filter floss on my filters and did a 50% water change.

Just a bacteria bloom, which is harmless. Once the new tank "settles" in, the cloudiness should go away.

I suppose redundancy is typically a good thing