water clarity

[arowanaoscar]

I Have a 125 gallon oscar tank it has been up and running for 2 months now and the water is still cloudy.The ph is 7.2 and the temp is 78 deg.the nitrates are at 0.I don't under stand it.Can someone help?And filters and water canges are done regularly.

 

[CDickes1988]

I Have a 125 gallon oscar tank it has been up and running for 2 months now and the water is still cloudy.The ph is 7.2 and the temp is 78 deg.the nitrates are at 0.I don't under stand it.Can someone help?And filters and water canges are done regularly.

What are the ammonia, nitrite levels? Are you using a sand substrate? Using anything that creates a lot of micro-bubbles giving the appearance of cloudiness?

 

[JIM]

How much light s on the tank, what is your lighting schedule??? could be an algae bloom, which will cloud the water. Or if your tank is close to a window, where it gets a lot of direct sunlight. Had a Convict breeding tank that stayed green constantly, cloudy as heck first because of that. The fish loved it, didnt hurt anything and they pumped out babies like rabbits, but it looked awful.

 

[arowanaoscar]

What are the ammonia, nitrite levels? Are you using a sand substrate? Using anything that creates a lot of micro-bubbles giving the appearance of cloudiness?

I have a 8 inch air stone at the back of the tank my nitrates are at 0.

 

[arowanaoscar]

How much light s on the tank, what is your lighting schedule??? could be an algae bloom, which will cloud the water. Or if your tank is close to a window, where it gets a lot of direct sunlight. Had a Convict breeding tank that stayed green constantly, cloudy as heck first because of that. The fish loved it, didnt hurt anything and they pumped out babies like rabbits, but it looked awful.

It is not in direct sun light.8 to 9 hour light schedule.2 36 inch flouresent bulbs.

 

[arowanaoscar]

White and black gravel

 

[arowanaoscar]

What are the ammonia, nitrite levels? Are you using a sand substrate? Using anything that creates a lot of micro-bubbles giving the appearance of cloudiness?

I have a 8 inch air stone at the back of the tank my nitrates are at 0.White and black gravel

 

[arowanaoscar]

How much light s on the tank, what is your lighting schedule??? could be an algae bloom, which will cloud the water. Or if your tank is close to a window, where it gets a lot of direct sunlight. Had a Convict breeding tank that stayed green constantly, cloudy as heck first because of that. The fish loved it, didnt hurt anything and they pumped out babies like rabbits, but it looked awful.

It is not in direct sun light.8 to 9 hour light schedule.2 36 inch flouresent bulbs.

 

[SkiPro]

you said that you did filter and water changes. what do you mean by the filter changes??

 

[arowanaoscar]

you said that you did filter and water changes. what do you mean by the filter changes??

I have 2 wisper hob 70's changed the filters out.1 time.petco advised me to change them once a month.