i have a fish tank with cloudy water help?

Question

its fairly new and yes there is a filter that came with the tank. there is also a heater but its not turned on very high! i have 7 little neons in their with a sucker fish can anyone help me clear my tank up?

Answer 1

How new is your tank? Did you let it cycle properly?

Too many new fish owners make the same common mistakes. Did you wash your tank out properly prior to installing? Did you wash your gravel thru a strainer (and I don't mean just rinse it off)? These are the two leading cause for cloudy water. How big is your tank?

Do you or are you using a gravel filter to clean the bottom when doing water changes? Did you rinse out your filter and pads prior to installing them?

Without more info it is difficult to say why it is getting cloudy. Do not dump chemicals into your tank without knowing why it is getting cloudy. Many chemicals just adhear to dirt pulling it to the bottom of the tank. They don't actually CLEAR the water.

If you did not rinse the gravel well enough you can do one of two things, stir up the gravel in the tank really well. This will cause all the "dirt" particles to float in your tank. Keep the filter running and do a 20% water change. As long as your water "quality" is fine, do this every other day until the water is clear. Each time, be sure to rinse your filter out as well.

Answer 2

If you just added the water, filter and heater, then the tank is very new and needs to be "cycled". Which means letting everything, including lights stay on for at least a few days BEFORE adding any fish. The reason for this is, the tank has to develop good bacteria to fight off the bad bacteria and breakdown poop and uneaten food. You are having a bloom of bad bacteria and that is probably because of the introduction of fish early. Fish give off ammonia, so does the food so the good bacteria are not strong enough. I would do a water change every other day. Some of your fish might not make it, but in a couple weeks your tank should be up and ready. Good luck!

Answer 3

sounds like a few things

either too much food, and also too much poo on the ground so the filter may need a clean (do that by filtering out some of the tank water into a bucket then cleaning it in there NOT in tap water as that loses the bacteria). You can get a rpoduct called cycle i think to help promote the good bacteria in the tank. Mine also goes cloudy when the light is on too long. try having it on for just a few hours a day and if it is in direct sunlight and you can move its location then do so. Check the temperature, should be around 26 degrees but check that in books or online first - but i doubt its that making the tank cloudy, more likely to be too much light and too much feeding. Only feed as much as they can eat and polish off in 2 minutes.

Answer 4

You are over feeding ...Take half the water out and refill , also adding Start Right to get rid of the chlorine. Same temperature of the water you add should be at the same temp as whats in there or a little warmer.The filter should catch up and the water clear.

Answer 5

My fish tank becomes cloudy at times but tends to clear itself after a while. For more details you can check the following websites.

Answer 6

You should clean the tank every week.When you clean the tank you should even clean the filter. Overfeeding of live worms also causes the tank to get dirty

Answer 7

thats nitrates, you have to change 80% of the water for it to turn clear
did you wash the tank carefully before putting the water?

anyway changing the water will solve the problem

Answer 8

You can buy some drops called clear drops, that will clear it up.