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Mr Aquarium · 10-23-2005, 06:54 AM

I don;t why people has to "black out" a tank, to me just sounds like a cheep n easy fix for something that can be fixed a better way.
Anyway, for this cloudy tank.....
Is it a new tank?
What size?
what fish?
what filter(s)
what temperture?
what light is on tank?
what substrate? = gravel? did you rinse it?
how often do you feed your fish and how much?
what do you feed them?

All we can gather from the lack of info, is,
Your tank is either new, over stocked, or you are over feeding your fish.

If your tank is new, it's just normal for it to be cloudy, it will be cloudy before it gets clear "in most cases cycling a tank"
(if you don;t know what cycling an aqaurium is, now is the best time to learn that part)
If your over feeding your fish, the fish can;t/don't eat all the food you give them and it sits on the bottom of the tank "or in filter" and decays and makes the water cloudy looking if you don;t do a regular tank maitanace to clean it out, i.e. gravle vac and w/c's.
if your over stocked you need to do more w/c's more often, because the tank's bio load/filtration can't handly the number of fish.

I know this sounds hard, but it's a must to have a ballanced and happy aquarium and fish.
Something else to keep in mind, research your fish before you buy, a let shop in most cases don;t care what happens to your fish once they leave the shop, so they will tell you anything just to make a sale and get you to come back.
I know that sounds bad, but most LFSs "local fish shop" will tell you anything just for a buck.

10-23-2005, 06:54 AM	#8
Mr Aquarium Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Southern Iowa Age: 43 Posts: 499	I don;t why people has to "black out" a tank, to me just sounds like a cheep n easy fix for something that can be fixed a better way. Anyway, for this cloudy tank..... Is it a new tank? What size? what fish? what filter(s) what temperture? what light is on tank? what substrate? = gravel? did you rinse it? how often do you feed your fish and how much? what do you feed them? All we can gather from the lack of info, is, Your tank is either new, over stocked, or you are over feeding your fish. If your tank is new, it's just normal for it to be cloudy, it will be cloudy before it gets clear "in most cases cycling a tank" (if you don;t know what cycling an aqaurium is, now is the best time to learn that part) If your over feeding your fish, the fish can;t/don't eat all the food you give them and it sits on the bottom of the tank "or in filter" and decays and makes the water cloudy looking if you don;t do a regular tank maitanace to clean it out, i.e. gravle vac and w/c's. if your over stocked you need to do more w/c's more often, because the tank's bio load/filtration can't handly the number of fish. I know this sounds hard, but it's a must to have a ballanced and happy aquarium and fish. Something else to keep in mind, research your fish before you buy, a let shop in most cases don;t care what happens to your fish once they leave the shop, so they will tell you anything just to make a sale and get you to come back. I know that sounds bad, but most LFSs "local fish shop" will tell you anything just for a buck.