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Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / January 20042nd tank cloudy water
Hi, Our tank at work (30x15x12) is approx 2wks old, houses 2 goldfish and 2 black moors, heated at 20c and has a fluval 2+ filter. The water never really became crystal clear from the outset so i decided to change the filter media (i thought maye it was overloaded after filtering out all the crud from the first fill) and like a plank i changed both sponges. Doh! Since then the problem has got worse, the tank is like pea soup. I have now put the wool filter in with the sponges and am going to change some of the water daily, im thinking about 25%, can i be confident this problem will sort itself out or is there more i should be doing? Thanks Rick > Hi, > Our tank at work (30x15x12) is approx 2wks old, houses 2 goldfish and 2 [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Thanks > Rick It's quite normal for a new tank to go cloudy - due to a bacterial bloom. Are you checking the water? Test for Ammonia and Nitrite and stop feeding. Don't clean out or change the sponges just yet - they need time to be colonised with bacteria (good bacteria!) You can use a product called Filter Aid to help clear the water but I would use a bacterial start-up culture - ask you're local shop. |
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