how often do you do your WC? if its cloudy, i would do about a 30% WC. do these twice a week til it clears up....... are your nitrite/nitrate levels at 0?
cloudy water (HELP!)
- Thread starter Denominator
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sorry nitrite should be at 0. nitrates will be above 0 which is healthy. please post these parameters too
Denominator;3230088; said:
You did not mention what your nitrite and nitrate levels were. Also your tank is very "young" so be careful with overstcking and overfeeding. I will be honest with you. First I think that in about 6 months the tank will be overstocked, how? Right now the fish are small but with age they will get bigger and they will get crowded in the 40 gallon tank. So for now, the tank size is ok.
Second I think your problem is over feeding and not to beat a dead horse here but why do you over feed?? Your fish will do fine with 2-3 lite meals a day. Overfeeding is not giving your fish 2-3 meals a day but giving them more than what they can eat when you feed them.
I have one "little rule of thumb" when feeding fish. When I feed them they will attack the food because the are hungry at the beginning of feeding. None of the food sinks to the bottom. Then after about a minute or so they (fish) will let up on the food. This is where many people make the mistake. They keep adding food after the first batch, and a lot of the food sinks and falls in between the gravel, decorations, etc and later rots. So what I do is I feed them little bits at a time. I give them enough so they can all eat and not have most of it sink to the bottom and decompose later. After the first batch if they still seem like they want more I'll give them some, again, just enough so none of it sinks to the bottom. I know that there will always be some food that will sink, but you get my point right?
Actually crazy clowntang, Denominator mentioned that the display tank is a 180g, the 40g is his wet/dry - so I doubt he'll have an over-stocking issue in 6 months.
OmniTranz is right. There are no over stocking of the tank yet.
I don't check for nitrates but it should be good. I only check for ph and ammonia level. I really don't think its necessary for nitrate test kit for an under populated tank. Correct me if I am in the wrong for this.
I don't check for nitrates but it should be good. I only check for ph and ammonia level. I really don't think its necessary for nitrate test kit for an under populated tank. Correct me if I am in the wrong for this.
nitrates and nitrites should be tested since you are having problems. nitrites being high could wipe out your whole tank very quickly. plus, for the sake of us figuring out what is going on in your tank, it would be helpful. ammonia could be at 0 but nitrites could be very high as well as nitrates, both of which happen in respective order when a tank is "cycling". not saying that your tank is cycling, but just know that things can be a bit off even if PH and ammonia levels are safe
Denominator;3230270; said:
wrong.... its always good to know, all there is to know about ur tank...
especially if there's a problem.
