Please tell me what I am doing wrong. Since putting fishes inside (a total of 4 big gold fishes + 2 scavengers) I am only giving food twice daily in the morning and evening.
Pump is working well, lights are working well. Cleaning tank is not a problem but the tank is quite big (approx. 500 Ltr) hence it is quite a work which I don't want to do unless I know what is the problem.
Can anybody suggest how can I get this fixed?
2006-12-27 21:11:50 · 15 answers · asked by GS 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
you can go to walmart and get types of chemicals. there a product called clear or somthing like that...it wirks good.Also u need to get a algae eater fish. They help 80% of the mess.
2006-12-27 21:17:25 · answer #1 · answered by bopsielopsie69 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The milky white haze is due to ammonia levels. This is quite normal during cycling and you should be monitoring ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels ideally to know what stage of the cycling process the tank is at. Seeing you have goldfish in there which create much waste, it may be a good idea to keep up with regular water changes, say 20% every couple days or whatever is needed to keep the ammonia levels and nitrite levels in a safe range. It's too late to suggest using less fish to cycle a tank so you don't have many alternatives. Also, feed them once every other day rather than twice a day.
Take a look here for more information on cycling:
http://faq.thekrib.com/begin-cycling.html
Don't add any chemicals, just a complete water conditioner during water changes. Patience is your best friend right now. A brown/dusty looking haze may follow, this is usually a diatom or bacteria bloom, again quite normal in the first 3-4 weeks of a tank's life.
Hope that helps
2006-12-28 00:56:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had that happen to me when I got a new tank. with some help, i figured out that i was killing the good bacteria in the tank by running the filter media under tap water (instantly killing good bacteria, filter media should be cleaned in aquarium water esp. with new tanks) and by digging in the gravel with the siphon (put the siphon over the gravel but don't dig into it). also perhaps you need another filter to help with clean the tank but i don't know what you have. gold fishes are pretty messy so it could be they are making too much waste for the tank to handle right now. but your ammonia level is probably high right now so i would test it and do a 50% water change, then another one in 2 or 3 days. some more info would help. Let us know how it goes
2006-12-28 17:13:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A) Gold fish (aka carp) are naturally "dirty" fish thye don't process all that they eat, and they need to eat a good bit to offset that, and therefore are better off in an outside pond than inside in a small tank. B) you are still probably overfeeding them. Never give them more than they can consume in about 5 minutes and siphon out the rest. "Scavengers" don't really scavenge all that much. If you insist on having them inside you should probably do a partial water change every week. Also your filter may be too small. once the filter gets populated it should better help with the clean-up, but it will have an up-hill figt with the goldfish.
2006-12-27 21:54:55 · answer #4 · answered by PartyTime 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do a 30% water change every 2 days using a gravel siphon. Do not over-clean the filter, as it is not mature yet. Any time you clean your filters do it in dirty water you have siphoned out of the tank.
2006-12-28 12:25:06 · answer #5 · answered by Johnny 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could be how much food you are feeding them at a time, the rocks, ornaments or tank may not be cleaned properly. Did you let the water settle in the tank for a day before adding fish? You may need a different type of filter like a gravel-filter.
2006-12-27 21:26:40 · answer #6 · answered by Billy Bob 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The cloudiness might be caused by too many nitrates in the water.Gold fish are notoriously dirty fish.You're either over feeding them or you have too large of fish for your size of tank and the fish are creating too much waste which is causing a high nitrate level causing cloudy water.
2006-12-27 21:21:27 · answer #7 · answered by J♥R♥R 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
may be the filter is not too good to clean the aquarium u can also buy another aquarium and transfer a few fishes to it . a chemical in the market is also available to clean the tank , but it might prove to be harmful for the fishes
2006-12-27 21:26:31 · answer #8 · answered by kool buddy 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Thats because your tank hasn't completed it's cycling process. The cloudy water is due to a bacterial bloom. Search the web for cycling of a new tank and nitrogen cycle.
Start here : http://www.totallyfish.com/tips/cloudywa... and http://faq.thekrib.com/begin-cycling.htm...
Hopes this help.
2006-12-27 21:30:56 · answer #9 · answered by dragonfly_sg 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not 100% positive, but what is happening is the fish are making the water dirty from their excrements. Given their larger size, they will produce bigger amountsof excrement, which in return, will cause the water to go murky. You will have to clean your aquarium every 2 days.
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2016-12-01 06:19:12 · answer #11 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋