Tank cloudy after a loss

[vlcek81]

Well it finally happened. I have my JD, 2 Firemouths , and 4 malawi cichlids. Everyone said that once My Jack got big enough he would eat the malawi's , but i think it was another malawi cichlid that killed him.

After i took out the dead cichlid and did my weekly WC it was a little cloudy. Now the 2nd day that he is gone the tank is massivly cloudy. It is a 55gal 48'' long and when i look in from the side i can just see to the halfway part of the tank.

Last week when i did my WC i changed the filter pads and it went into a small cycle, but after a day and a half it was clear again. I didn't change the pads this week so idk what is up.

 

[Allan01230]

Did you rinse the pads in tap water? Did you vacum the gravel? I used to vacum the gravel and rinse the pads in tap water every week then I always has a cloudy tank. Now I vacum 1 time a month and rinse the pads 1 time a month in old aquarium water instead. I stilll do my 25% weekly water change but don't touch the gravel or filter for at least a month. This cured my cloudy promblem. I think I was upsetting the bio-filter with all the cleaning but fresh water every week is always welcome. Famous discus breeder changes 80% of his tank water on his discus farm every day! (Jack Waitley).

 

[vlcek81]

I washed the pads in aquarium water. I Gravel vac every weekend, and when im done vacing i let is suck water out for the water change.

 

[vlcek81]

Any other ideas?

 

[vlcek81]

bump... Is it because the fish was dead in there from middle of the night till morning?

 

[Electric45]

could be, got no clue tho man. I say just watch your fish to see if they are behaving fine, and dont over water change maybe?

 

[vlcek81]

i only do like a 25% every weekend