Subj : Re: Extremely Cloudy Aqua To : All From : Winwin Date : Fri Jul 30 2004 07:33 am hello, It happens to me before as well. Continue to do exactly what u mention below and in a week time, the tank should be ok! ...changing water condition do not happens over-night. Cheers simon "Marlene Walters" ???????:qizMc.82271$Np3.3931161@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca... > I hope I'm not being an idiot, as I'm sure you're not, but are you > absolutely sure you are not overfeeding? That is the #1 cause of cloudy > water. You seem to know what you are doing, though. I worked in a pet > store, and 95% of the time, the cloudiness is caused by overfeeding. > Sometimes, it may be you added too may fish at one time, or even algae. > If it is possible, get a handful of gravel from a tank that has not > problems, and has been used for quite a while, maybe you LFS will give > or sell you some. This should help. Also, adding cycle bacteria will > help, you cannot overdose it, it's impossible, and it NEVER hurts. > > Hope I help you. > > Marlene > > nuchumYussel wrote: > > > Hi, as the subject says, I have extremely cloudy water. The tank is > > fully cycled 20g and is a year old. I know this cloudiness is a > > bacterial bloom, the water is not green, so an algae bloom is out. The > > inhabitants of the tank are: > > > > *All Fish Are Fully Grown* > > 4 Black widdow Tetra > > 6 Zebra Danios > > 1 Snakesking Gourami (6 inches) > > 2 Serpae Tetra > > > > Water Chemistry > > *All measurments are in ppm.* > > Nitrite = 0 > > Ammonia = o > > Ph = 6.8 > > > > I had a 6 inch Pleco, but I removed him in hopes of that would clear > > up the water. But removing the pleco was to no avail. I have tried > > everything! Crystal Clear drops, did nothing. Adding extra carbon to > > filter, did nothing. more water changes, did nothing. ( I do a 25% > > water change every other week.) Cutting back on feeding, did nothing. > > Minimizing the time the lights are on, did nothing. Adding AlgaeFix > > drops (I thought it might be a freakish algae bloom.), did nothing. I > > have no clue what to do. Is it possible the filter is inadequate? It > > is a Liberty Eheim. Any suggestions would help. > > > > Many Thanks... > > Evan Davis > --- þ RIMEGate(tm)/RGXPost V1.14 at BBSWORLD * Info@bbsworld.com --- * RIMEGate(tm)V10.2áÿ* RelayNet(tm) NNTP Gateway * MoonDog BBS * RgateImp.MoonDog.BBS at 7/30/04 6:33:27 AM * Origin: MoonDog BBS, Brooklyn,NY, 718 692-2498, 1:278/230 (1:278/230) .