Water Cloudiness

[nzafi]

Hi. I set up a new 180g tank over the weekend. The setup is as follows:
2 AC110s - Brand new but all bio media is from my established FX5
Media includes: biomax, standard sponges, filter floss, 2 packets of purigen
Brand new tank
New gravel - black diamond blasting sand (spent about 4-5hrs cleaning it)
Fish 1 10in rhom

I got the tank up and running last Thursday and the water was clear. On Saturday I brought over my fish and added all of the bio media. The following morning I woke up and the tank was cloudy. It has gotten a little bit clearier but it is still cloudy. The water parameters are great (Ammonia = 0, Nitrite = 0, NItrate = 0). I was thinking it could be bacteria bloom but not that it has gone on for 4 days I am afraid it could be something else.

Any thoughts?

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

Nitrate = 0 that's meant your tank not cycle (could be a faulty test result), just do 30% ~ 50% daily water change until it's gone.

 

[catfishacr]

Yeah if the tank was cycled you should have some nitrates. If your cloudiness is a white milky color its most likely a heterotrophic bacteria bloom, which is very common in newly set up tanks. It should get better soon once the tank gets established., ive had them last for a week or two. As long as you keep detecting no ammonia or Nitrite, I wouldn't be too concerned but you really should see some nitrates. make sure your testing correctly. which test kit are you using?

 

[Djzest909]

Hi. I set up a new 180g tank over the weekend. The setup is as follows:
2 AC110s - Brand new but all bio media is from my established FX5
Media includes: biomax, standard sponges, filter floss, 2 packets of purigen
Brand new tank
New gravel - black diamond blasting sand (spent about 4-5hrs cleaning it)
Fish 1 10in rhom

I got the tank up and running last Thursday and the water was clear. On Saturday I brought over my fish and added all of the bio media. The following morning I woke up and the tank was cloudy. It has gotten a little bit clearier but it is still cloudy. The water parameters are great (Ammonia = 0, Nitrite = 0, NItrate = 0). I was thinking it could be bacteria bloom but not that it has gone on for 4 days I am afraid it could be something else.

Any thoughts?

Problem solved
You need at least a 13watt uv sterilizer

 

[nzafi]

API master test kit. Need to test it again. Considering its all new water but with media from a different tank, I would not expect to see any nitrates at first. Will just keep an eye on it. There will probably be a mini cycle. As long as ammonia doesn't spike too high I am indifferent.

 

[bornaries]

Cloudy water is baterial bloom. Try giving the tank more surface area for bacterial colonisation, use mechanical filtration which was being used in another tank, feed low.

 

[pops]

nitrate should never be 0 on a cycled tank, are you sure you are doing the nitrate test right? not looking to call you out or anything, i was guilty of this some years back, test bottle number 2 has to have the pee shook, beaten on a table what ever for 30 seconds, I personally go 2 minutes before adding the 10 drops to the test vile.

That being said tank may be in a mini cycle as you said the cloudiness is clearing up.

 

[4D3]

I have zero nitrates constantly, my tank been running for 6 months, but I have an Eheim 2262 on a90gal with 11l marine pure spheres and 500ml Purigen...lol

 

[pops]

more filtration will not remove nitrates, only water change can do this. something is not right with the info given, not saying you are wrong, just saying from what i am reading makes no sense for a cycled tank.

 

[4D3]

more filtration will not remove nitrates, only water change can do this. something is not right with the info given, not saying you are wrong, just saying from what i am reading makes no sense for a cycled tank.

no....use more up to date, denitrifying media...marine pure and Purigen... And to be fair there had just been a new filter released by a company that uses electro plates to remove ammonia, nitrate and nitrite.....

The view that "nothing can denitrify other that water changes or plants" is a complete fallacy now....get with the program!

I have a fully closed system, Eheim 2262, 11l marine pure, and 500ml Purigen, and I constantly have zeros on all 3 counts