CLOUDY WATER???

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seankh
 
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CLOUDY WATER???

by seankh

ok so i have a 40 gallon african cichlid tank with10 fish all bout 2 inches long and no matter what i do my water looks loudy why? i do weekly water changes ive tried everything can any body help?


ChristinaBug2890
 
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by ChristinaBug2890

Could be an algae bloom if the water your taking out looks a bit greenish (you can tell if you put it into a white bucket) Mine gets like that sometimes because my lights are crap and pretty old so they have a huge impact on algae growth.


jweb1369
 
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by jweb1369

Do you use carbon filtration?


seankh
 
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by seankh

no green color looks clear in a bucket or cup just cloudy in the tank. and yes i do i have 2 penguin 200 with the bio wheel on it


jweb1369
 
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by jweb1369

hmmm, maybe its the crushed coral substrate or the slate rocks. Check your fitlers and make sure they aren't just spewing gunk out.


seankh
 
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by seankh

ok thank you its kind of weird ive had crystal clear water since i set it up last year. than i had friends and family over they were all like your tanks so clean your fish are so pretty than boom cloudy water i think they jinxed me lol


simple69
 
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by simple69

Do you have real or artifical plants? I had a similar problem and when I added a couple live plants it seemed to clear my water up. I think my problem might of been a high nitrate level. Nice a clear now though,


seankh
 
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by seankh

i have real plants at this time but ill give them another day or so before the africans finish eating them


a1k8t31524
 
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by a1k8t31524

what are your water tests like?


rcgman35055364
 
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by rcgman35055364

you dont have an undergravel filter do you?

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