need help with my water.....(Look at this)

[silent1mezzo]

Step 1. Get rid of the fish
Step 2. Research
Step 3. Get fish that fit your tank (for life, not just currently)
Step 4. Enjoy!

There are a lot of great things about keeping fish, but you need to do your research first so you don't cause unnecessary hard.

to MFK. Please be respectful and you'll do fine here...

 

[ObolskY]

Ok, If you're still in doubt about the cloudy water, here it goes:

-Cloudy green: Algae, move the tank away from windows, reduce lighting.
-Cloudy white: Bacterial bloom from your tank cycling, its normal, it will go away by itself. PLEASE LOOK UP CYCLING AN AQUARIUM THIS IS VITAL.
-Cloudy brown: rotting food, excess fish crap. Clean your aquarium, get rid of some fish.

you probably already know this, but you should do a WC at least once a week.

yeah my tank gets white cloudy. some guy at a fish retailer told me it could be from having my light on a lot. i did a 75% WC today and ive been doing them at least twice a week it gets cloudy pretty quick but i know it could be cycling but my underground water pipes were replace not too long ago and im getting sand for my new tank so its easier to clean up

 

[dlobom]

yeah my tank gets white cloudy. some guy at a fish retailer told me it could be from having my light on a lot. i did a 75% WC today and ive been doing them at least twice a week it gets cloudy pretty quick but i know it could be cycling but my underground water pipes were replace not too long ago and im getting sand for my new tank so its easier to clean up

I'm 92,3% sure thats bacterial bloom, that is the beneficial bacteria colonies growing in your tank. This is good.

By doing large WC, you're getting rid of a lot of bacteria, not giving them time to establish.

You must keep up the WC to control nitrate/ammonia, but smaller and more frequent as to not get rid of bacteria.

change 15-20% every other day, and the cloudiness will go away in a couple weeks, to avoid this from happening, do not wash your filter with tap water, use only tank water.

Now, do yourself a favor, and do a little research on cycling an aquarium, seriously, this is stuff you need to know to be successful in keeping fish.

 

[Oddball]

i can seriously care less if i get banned or not im just putting out my opinion

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[dlobom]

lol,

poor guy, bad attitude, I wonder why they sent him home from school.