Why is my 180 cloudy

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scott g

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Do water treatment chemicals that you use to treat water cloud up the water? I've never had this happen before but I have it now in my 180 set up. It's been up about 2 1/2 weeks now and it seems to be getting cloudy, fish seem fine and I've done a few water changes but it's cloudy. Filters are running and clean and they have activated charcoal in them. I don't overfeed so it can't be that and I alway's use aged and treated water so what give's? :swear: :WTF:
 
180 gallons with 31, 3 to 4 inch africans in it. I feed them 1 or 2 times a day and they eat all of it in a matter of appx. 10 to 15 seconds. I feed them a varied diet of flake and pellet food with occasional Blood worms and frozen Peas. The flake food has alot of Spirolena in it also.
 
How long has the tank been set up?

What 'water treatment' chemicals did you use..?



Sounds like hmm.. a bacterial bloom!
 
I used Ammonia Chloramine Eliminator by Jungle products. I also used some liquified Bacteria in there. I forgot the name of the product but that's basically what it is. The tank has been up for about 3 weeks. How do I get the Bloomin' Bacteria out of there assuming that's what it is?.
 
What color cloudy is it? Be sure to account for you light color.

If it's a white kinda cloudy then you're high on bacteria/nitrates and you're in what is called a "Bacterial Bloom." Monitor your water daily and have Amquel Plus or similar product around in case of spike. Eventually it will just go away, and you fish should be fine throughout as long as you monitor the water quality.

If it's a green kinda cloudy then you're low on bacteria and the algae has taken over causing what is known as an "Algae Bloom". This is rarely harmful to the fish, but is often followed by a sharp spike in nitrates and a sudden bacterial bloom. Add more plants, especially Anacharis, as this plant feeds off the materials that algae also likes to eat.

Plants and good filtration will help solve either problem. Keep us posted.

--Jimmy
 
It's white in color. Fish seem fine, in fact I did a small water change several hours ago.
 
what filtration do you have running on the tank? my 150 used to have a tendency to get cloudy, and then I added another filter and it stayed crystal clear all the time. :)
 
Two outside filters that pump 750 gallons per hour each.
 
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