cloudy water

[Googz]

In my rhom tank the water is very cloudy i just noticed it this morning so it happened over night it is almost milky it the fish seems to be fine
what should i do?

 

[master.k.]

How old is set up ?
How big tank ?
What typ of filter/power heads exc..... ?

 

[stevelamby]

How old is set up ?
How big tank ?
What typ of filter/power heads exc..... ?

^^Yup. We will need to know this before we can help you anymore. Was the tank properly cycled? Is it a white could or green?

 

[Googz]

well i moved my fish into a 90 gallon with a sump last thurs and the wetdry with a 500 gph pump was from the 72 gallon he was in and i used about 40% of the water from his old tank
there is one powerhead
and the cloudiness is white

 

[master.k.]

So you went from a 75 to a 100 gal using same (40%old water so its like a water change) Did you use same gravel Decor exc(... ? / Not a big deal if you did not .) The same filter on the 75 went to the 100 Correct . ?
Umm ! Did you fill it with same water you always do water change with ?

If you did last Thursday the new tank is only 4 day old and with 60% new
water and same everything ?????? I do not get it , But I would do a 75% water
change and add Tap water (assuming thats what U use) Conditioner And
aquarium salt , and clean filter system good , gravel vac exc...

Good luck !

 

[Danh]

Test your water to see if its ammonia or nitrates.. I constantly have problems with high nitrates... I have had a 55g and a 75g that just stayed cloudy. It was just that the nitrates were high because I had too many fish and fed them too much. The filters on the tanks could handle the load, but the nitrates just went up too fast for even water chagnes every other day to handle it.

 

[bigredjeep]

if u added new substrate, did u wash it before?

 

[StIcKy~RiCe]

sound like you left an uneaten food or left over food. or your tank are not fully cycle.

 

[CORVETTE]

Water changes man water changes... if you leave the lights on too long it could produce a alge bloom.

 

[Googz]

I did about 50% water change and turned the lights off hopefully that works. Im gunna do a 10% change tomoro and i plan on continueing this everday til the water clears.