New here - have an issue.

[leeishom]

hello y'all.

just adopted a silver arowana and a typical pleco.
but my tank is now cloudy white.

1) allowed the fish tank to cycle the bottles of water used for 4 days.
2) ph is 7.2
3) add amquel ammonia and chlorine remover.
4) tank is at a 81 F constant.

maybe, i overfeed the aro and pleco?, but the aro seem's fine, he even snatched a piece of prawn from my fingers!!!!

my tank is a 10 GAL, yea yea i know...get a bigger one. the aro is less than 5" and im still shopping for a 200 GAL.

please advise on the cloudy tank...

 

[aidenb]

Aquariums take approx. 6 weeks to cycle, meaning you need to have that 200 now so it is cycled for when your aro outgrows the 10 in about a month. Tank is cloudy because it probably wasn't cycled.

 

[erk419]

What are your water stats ammonia and nitrites? What do you mean by this "allowed the fish tank to cycle the bottles of water used for 4 days"? Cycling your tank without using any kind of mature media will take a month or longer. So what it sounds like to me is you are having a high ammonia bloom in other words a high ammonia spike and thats why your water is cloudy.

 

[chesterthehero]

step up the filtration and get a test kit.. use it and then post the results...

ammonia-
nitrAte-
nitrIte-

 

[fcamargo6thave]

wait 6 weeks it will clear and there is a chance your fish will die during the cycling but you may be lucky and they will survive. Even after cycling the tank ma still be cloudy, i have had tanks stay cloudy for up to 3 months when first setup and some clear up in a few days.

 

[leeishom]

filtration is a Aqua clear 10 to 30 GAL.
used a teaspoon of AmQuel
ph balance is now at 7.2

yea, i didnt cycle fish or fishless, didnt research on that one.

should i add more amquel?, based on the recent dose? is it safe?

 

[aidenb]

After 6 weeks the aro will be way to big for his tank.

 

[leeishom]

6 weeks is more than enough time for me.

 

[erk419]

If you can take the fish back and wait until you get you 200 gallon and properly cycle it which will be much easier on you and the fish. If this is not possible you will have to do a fishin cycle. You will need to test your water several times a day and do water changes several times a day. Any time your ammonia or nitrites get above 0.25ppm a water change is needed and make sure to add conditonor to your water. If your readings are high bigger water changes are needed.

For example if your ammonia is reading 1ppm doing a 50 % water change will knock it down to 0.50ppm. Wait an hour and test again and if its 0.50ppm doing another 50% will knock it down to 0.25ppm.

So basically test your water several times a day a do the size of water changes according to your readings and the half rule. When doing a water change make sure to wait an hour before testing again.

 

[erk419]

wait 6 weeks it will clear and there is a chance your fish will die during the cycling but you may be lucky and they will survive. Even after cycling the tank ma still be cloudy, i have had tanks stay cloudy for up to 3 months when first setup and some clear up in a few days.

Thats your advise are you serious?