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07-31-2005, 05:37 PM
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cloudy water
ok i've been taking my angels out and putting them in my dads tank and i had a betta condo left filled with bettas in my 38 gallon tank last night when i go to sleep my water was clear this morning i get up and the waters cloudy and i have no idea why noone touched the tank because everyone was asleep does anyone know what this could be?
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07-31-2005, 05:53 PM
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a bacteria bloom maybe.
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07-31-2005, 05:55 PM
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but will it keep getting thicker and thicker? this morning i could see through it now i can barely see the heater on the back
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07-31-2005, 06:01 PM
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It could be from a change in waste levels...mine was pretty cloudy a couple times because of that. Do you have a testing kit? Some of the people here are great at trouble-shooting stuff like that if they get the chemical levels of your tank.
For a short term-fix, you could try changing out a bunch of water. |
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07-31-2005, 06:04 PM
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i didn't even know my dad already knew why it was like that he told me to change 50% of the water but i'm gonna wait till he gets back from the hospital(my grandfather just went in like 3 days ago) so i'll post what happens when i change the water
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07-31-2005, 06:05 PM
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ok well good luck
 Hope your grandpa is doing ok. |
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07-31-2005, 06:10 PM
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he has a infection in his arm hes 78 so it's pretty bad his arms swollen and it's really red so i'm hopin hes doing ok to
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07-31-2005, 06:41 PM
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Did you move them into a tank with a bigger or smaller bio-load? probably a mini-cycle. or a big-mini-cycle. it means there isnt enough bacteria in the new tank to convert all of the ammonia being produced.
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07-31-2005, 07:42 PM
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it's a established tank but now theres no fish in it because i had to move them so i can put a oscar in it when i buy it
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07-31-2005, 09:15 PM
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07-31-2005, 09:50 PM
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WHat color is the cloudyness? White, Green, Brown, Yellow? All of these are indicators of what is causing the problem.
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08-01-2005, 12:08 AM
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the cloudyness is like a brownish greenish color
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08-01-2005, 10:22 PM
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Both brown and green would be a algae outbreak of some type.
Brown algae is usually because of Excess silicates & nitrates Inadequate light Low oxygen levels Green is caused by Suspended microscopic algae Excess light, especially direct sunlight Too many fish Excess nutrients Excess wastes My guess is the light is not a factor seeing how one is to much and the other is to little. Cure green algae - Diatomic or micron filteration Introduce daphnia to the tank Brown algae- Use silicate adsorbing resin in the filter Stock a plecostomus or several otocinclus and water changes will help with both. |
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08-01-2005, 10:41 PM
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Yeh hope your gramps gets better. Mine just died a few days ago
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08-01-2005, 11:37 PM
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i did a almost full water change and it's still there i think my lil bro put chips or something in the tank
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08-02-2005, 05:39 PM
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It'll be there for a few to several more days, and then it'll clear up just fine. It's normal.
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08-02-2005, 05:43 PM
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thanks!!! thank god u just saved my lil bros life
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08-02-2005, 09:05 PM
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i changed some water and when i was draining the water i noticed this like grease stuff on the glass of the tank where water was so i took the water down to about 50% and whiped all the stuff off that i could and filled it back up and it was clearer
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