what makes my tank couldy? help

by **milky648** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:45 am

i have done 2 water changes and after fedding them it goes cloudy i only put a littel bit in and i only feed them 3 times a weeck mon wed and sat they get feed . I red it could be the pump the higher ph . I guess i need to get an other pump what about a power head ther like pumps arnt they ?

by **spongebob4460** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:06 am

cloudy is from many things, not just overfeeding... do you run carbon?

by **Poetic_Irony2267** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:27 am

milky, what kind of food are you using?

by **Peterkarig3210** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:23 am

Power heads are simple water pumps that can have sponge filters attached to them to provide extra particulate and biological filtration. You can alternatively use them to greatly improve an undergravel filter and some even have an air entrainment "venturi" feature that pumps bubbles into the tank as well.

by **milky648** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:18 pm

NutraFin Basix Cichlid Pellets for food. And no i dont use carbon they said i didnt need it just do more water cahnges but 1ns every 2 weeks but then i starded 1s a week so now its couldy . After work ima gonna clean out my pump with tank water and do a 30% water change, and get carbon see how that goes

by **spongebob4460** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:43 pm

the carbon won't necessarily make the water clearer, i was just curious if you are rinsing it before using it.

Water changes is the best for clearing up the water, unless its an algae bloom, which i'm guessing it might be, as I had this issue before. If it looks whitish it could be... when you do water change, see what color of water is coming out... in my tank, the algae bloom looked whitish, but when i did water change and looked at water, it looked very light green. Did u recently add new fish or really stir up the gravel?

by **milky648** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:55 pm

ya i did a i did a 30 % water change last wed then fri i did a 40% change and changed the aqarium around , so i wont feed fish till monday then and do a 50% water cahnge ill see what the colour looks like. Well i am using a 404 fluvel pump its a 125 gallon and i have 2 jacks 1 yellow lab and 1 red zebra, 2 silverdolars .1 blood fin borleyi, the oscar ,1 green terror, 1 texas cichlid 1 algi eater, so ia hve 11 fish in there.

by **spongebob4460** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:02 pm

let us know the color of the water change... its going to be slight if it is green, so pay good attention... i usually see color as im pouring it out, or you can put some in a white cup.

by **milky648** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:06 pm

ok i just did a 50%water change ists still couldy not from the front but wen u look through the side its fogy and i put some water in a white buget its yellow light yellow ??? i think its my pump i think i havto clean it

by **spongebob4460** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:02 am

try that and see... my gut feeling says algae bloom, don't know why

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