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As long as there isn't enough particulate in the water to clog their gills, the fish will be fine. I just got back from the Amazon basin-in most of the rivers there, there is so much clay in the water that you can't see down more than a couple inches and nearly half the FW species kept in aquariums are from that area ;)
 
X-Tank;3305502; said:
I think it's caused by bacterial bloom, it is self limited in 3-4 days. Just google it, you will find all the information.
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Doubtful that it caused an instant bacterial bloom. It's just dust stirred up during the change
 
andyjs;3305507; said:
As long as there isn't enough particulate in the water to clog their gills, the fish will be fine. I just got back from the Amazon basin-in most of the rivers there, there is so much clay in the water that you can't see down more than a couple inches and nearly half the FW species kept in aquariums are from that area ;)
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yeah, the gill rakers on the fish's gills should take care of the particulate matter. it shouldnt be a problem.
 
Since Drazn and I did the substrate change and subsequent water change, the cloudiness has gotten much better (still cloudy, but not down-right murky anymore). However the fish are looking stressed, gaping their mouths more than they were before. We put some Amquel in the water and did two different 25% changes. The tank is stilll relatively new (about 3wks old), so still cycling also.

Right now our PH is about 7.5, water is very hard (don't remember the numbers off the top of my head, but it was high). The Ammonia is 0 (was .25 a couple of days ago). Nitrate is 0 but nitrite looks like about a 2 which is up from where it was 2 days ago. I'm really worried about losing any of these fish....should I do another water change tonight or wait and do it tomorrow?
 
holy crap! nitrites at 2 is why your fish are gasping. get some prime in there asap. i'm wondering if changing the substrate that fast took out come of the bacteria from the tank........
 
what is prime? We were showing some trace nitrites before, but definitely spiked after the substrate change.
 
Is that better than the Amquel we used? Either way, at 10pm at night, the water change was probably my only immediate option. It's looking a little better (earlier you could barely see through it):

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Just keep a eye on the param's for a week or so.

when you removed the substrate you removed a good portion of the biological filter. And the tank is now recycling but on a smaller scale than new.

Test daily and if you get a reading over .5ppm on ammonia or nitrite do a 50% water change. And also you do have a bacterial bloom. That is the white cloudy ness

Prime is just a popular water treater. I don't use it.
 
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