I have an oscar and a green severum in a 75 gallon, it been up and running for a t least a years now. but all of a sudden my water has gotten really cloudy, i have 2 75 gal. h.o.b. filters, i did a 25 percent water change and it help for like a day and its back to cloudy again. the fish dont seem effected and the water test good, for at a loss i just put some new brighter lights on it and that seemed to worsen the condition any suggestions?
Cloudy water for oscar
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yes, last weekend. I just added the other filter last month and i was so happy cause i thought my fish would love the cleaner more refreshing water instead they got cloudy crud water. Could it have anything to do with my driftwood? it been there the whole time though.
It sounds like a bacterial bloom from lack of good bacteria. Give it a week or so without messing with it, and no overfeeding (no feeders!) and it will clear itself up.
Are the oscars full grown? If so how long have they been full grown? It may be that as they get bigger they eat more, produce more waste and now need better filtration. With oscars, a "75 gallon filter" isn't able to do the job. The aqua clear 70 only gets about a max flow of 300 gal per hour. I try to shoot for 12X filtration or better with oscars, so you'd need 750-900 gal per hour, so 2 300 gph hob's wouldn't necessarily cut it. Chances are it's just the new filter media, but if the problem persists after you leave the filters alone, consider upgrading filters.