HELP Cloudy Water >.<

[haynchinook334]

I stand corrected.

 

[[enjoyable_attempt]]

cloudy white = bacterial bloom
cloudy green = algea bloom

either way best bet is to decrease feeding alittle to cut off source of food to both. if its green then less light will also help

Its not a algae problem, No green at all.

Its a cloudy white.


I forgot to mention that I have recently taken out a undergravel filter, could that have messed up the benificial bacteria?

 

[haynchinook334]

as long as your FX5 is still going then you still got good BB.

 

[Angler]

I only change half of it at a time for that reason

Also I changed it after it became cloudy

You should never change your bio media. It sounds like that may be your problem.

I had 2 XP3s and 2 Emperor 400s on my 125. I set up another tank and moved one of the XP3s to that tank. My 125 got pretty cloudy about a week later. I didn't realize that the XP3 I moved had a lot of Seachem Matrix in it, and the XP3 I left on the 125 didn't have much Matrix in it. I added a bunch more Matrix to the XP3 on the 125, and about 2 weeks later, no more cloudy water.

 

[[enjoyable_attempt]]

thanks guys, i think its a bb problem....

 

[Dollar321]

Have you got some fine polishing pads in there, this is the only thing that stopped my tank clouding after water changes, best if you change them quite regular too.

 

[Miles]

I forgot to mention that I have recently taken out a undergravel filter, could that have messed up the benificial bacteria?

yep..

Just re-establishing itself.. cut back feeding and add more filtration.

 

[navygirl76]

its a bacterial bloom. like everyone else has said, cut down on feedings (feed once a day), keep up with the waterchanges, and i would test your water parameters to see if you are having a mini cycle.. just to see whats going on in the tank.

if it doesnt clear up, i would get another filter on it-as the fish grow, they produce more waste and that may also be a factor.. best of luck to ya!

 

[duke33]

I agree^^