I have a 65 gallon planted community tank. I rearranged some plants yesterday and stirred up a lot of debris in the process. I also did a 25% water change. The next day, I come home from work to find the water looking like diluted milk and all of the fish at the surface, like they don't have enough O2. I immediately set up an air stone and within 30min the fish were acting normal again.
I tested the water and its spot on, but still milky. I figure its a bacterial bloom, but I don't know why it happened in the first place. I have a theory that maybe bacteria in the decaying plant matter and fish poop (that thrives in low O2 environments) "bloomed" when I kicked up all the sediment while rearranging the plants? I have been adding a liquid carbon supplement to aid in plant growth. Maybe the O2 levels were much lower then I thought?
Anyways I'm going to leave the air stone running over night just to be safe. But I'm totally confused at what just happened and why.
Your thoughts?
I tested the water and its spot on, but still milky. I figure its a bacterial bloom, but I don't know why it happened in the first place. I have a theory that maybe bacteria in the decaying plant matter and fish poop (that thrives in low O2 environments) "bloomed" when I kicked up all the sediment while rearranging the plants? I have been adding a liquid carbon supplement to aid in plant growth. Maybe the O2 levels were much lower then I thought?
Anyways I'm going to leave the air stone running over night just to be safe. But I'm totally confused at what just happened and why.
Your thoughts?
