I just filled up my 90 gallon tank last night around 6PM. The water is VERY VERY cloudy and a little rusty looking from the driftwood. In the tank I have tons of sand, gravel, driftwood, and seiryu rocks. I washed everything before placing in the tank. Also the driftwood I did not boil because the piece I have is HUGE and would not fit on the stove. It looks like a tree trunk lol... anyways I did leave the driftwood in the tank full of water and did a 100% water change 3 times before I added everything else into the tank so that had time to soak and also fresh water.. In my filter I have carbon, sponge, filter floss, and also one packet of the purigen but it only fills up half the filter so its in the middle but I feel i should maybe have two packets one on the right and then on the left? Any other suggestions or do I need to do another 100% water change? Or maybe just give it more time to settle? There is no fish, I have not started the cycle yet. Thanks in advance
very cloudy water in new tank?
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If it’s a new tank then why are you worried about cloudy water? Give it time to cycle don’t add fish unless it’s a couple guppy’s to help cycling
The cloudiness sounds like a typical new tank bacterial bloom, that will go away on its own, and the brown waters sounds like tannins being released from the wood.
If you are going to keep Amazonian species, those tannins are a plus.
If you are going to keep Amazonian species, those tannins are a plus.
thanks everyone! as for fish I am doing EB acara's, severums, and blood parrots. Good to know its normal, I have a 37 gallon I set up (still cycling, only a week in) and its never been cloudy so I was concerned for the 90 gallon.