Help! murky water, first day for my kissing gouramis!?

Question

I let my water cycle with the filter on for about 6 days and then added my heater for one day, then the next day i added my 2 pink kissing gouramis and my air pump.
i got them yesterday and i noticed yesterday and today the water was getting a bit murky.
If a gave the tank a clean would it stress the fish coz its only been in there for 1 day?
how often do they do their business, because mine sorta seemed to poop quite alot maybe 1 or 2 times a day?
and i think this was causing the murkiness.
I dont fink its constipation (which is caused by bad quality water) coz thats when the belly bloats and doesn't poop right?
What should i do, is it coz i should have cleaned the tank while the process of water cycling?, but i was supposed to leave it when the water was cycling right?

Please answer soon!!!
The water seems greenish/yellowish, cloudish, murkish
In other words the water doesn't look very clean and clear.

OMG thank you for all your answers, it helped a lot!!
Thank u soooo much to all of you^^
And HAPPY EASTER!!!

Answer 1

If your water is greenish / yellowish it is an algae bloom.

There are a few ways to control algae. Also, monitor your lighting and excess food in the tank.

Algae are mostly-photosynthetic organisms that sometimes resemble plants but are not plants, having no true roots, stems or leaves. Algae grow in freshwater and saltwater. Saltwater algae are sometimes referred to as "seaweed." Like plants, algae require light and nutrients to grow. We supply plenty of both in our aquariums, with several hours of aquarium lighting a day and nutrients like nitrates and phosphates from fish waste.

Algae come in many forms. There are microscopic, one-celled algae, filamentous algae that resemble hair, algae that grow in sheets, and macroalgae that look like plants. There are even algae that live inside the outer integument ("skin") or calcium shell of some corals, anemones, and other sessile invertebrates called zooxanthellae. There are slimy-looking algae that are often not algae at all, but a colony of primitive photosynthetic organisms known as cyanobacteria. There are also very hard-to-remove little dots of green that sometimes grow on aquarium panels which also are not algae, but diatom or radiolarian colonies (microscopic, one-celled, animals with hard shells) with algae incorporated in their matrix. With all that said, let us answer some common questions right up front:

Algae growth is inevitable in an aquarium.
Algae consume nutrients in the aquarium that if allowed to accumulate, are harmful to fish. Algae can be a good thing.
The presence of green algae in an aquarium indicates a healthy environment for fish.
There is absolutely no way to completely prevent algae from growing in an aquarium, without killing the other life in the tank.
Chemicals should never be used to control the growth of true algae in an aquarium, and should only be used in rare circumstances to control cyanobacteria.
Correcting a severe algae problem requires time and patience.
Natural methods of controlling algae are the best and most effective.

Algae removal from the tank panels can be done on an as-needed basis, but no more than once a week. Removing algae involves either correcting negative water conditions to control or slow excessive algae growth, or an age-old process known as "elbow grease" (scrubbing it off!). Algae removal in an aquarium should be done only when necessary. We have seen many aquariums where daily removal of algae resulted in fish that were so stressed, most had diseases and were dying. You should never remove all of the algae from your tank. Allowing some algae to grow in the aquarium can be beneficial to the aquatic environment.

When algae is removed from aquarium side panels, care should be taken to select an algae scrubber that will not hurt the finish of an aquarium. Be careful not to get gravel caught in an algae scrubbing pad where it can scratch the aquarium. Never use household cleaning pads to remove algae. They contain fungicides that kill fish.

First, test the water you are filling up your tank with. Many public water supplies (our homes) have a concentration of nitrates at around 7ppm or higher. (Bottled water is no better).
This could be the start of your problem.
Be sure your tank is not within direct or indirect lighting such as a window or in a room where the lights are on constantly. Is you tank near a heat source. Sometimes we do not take into consideration a fishtank is near a heat register which can and does add additional temperature changes to your tank.

be sure to clean the filter as well? Be sure the entire filter is cleaned and free of algae.

Use a razor or scraper and gently scrape all sides of your tank. Clean your gravel and return it to the tank as well.

If you have a stick on thermometer, get yourself a floating one. The stick on thermometers pick up ambient air temperatures from OUTSIDE the tank and can be up to 10 degrees off. DON"T trust them.

You can also purchase phosphorus pads for around $2.00 at your local pet store. These can be cut to fit with your filter and remove large amounts of phosphorus. These can be reused over and over just remember to rinse them out well when you clean your tank.

Test your water. You will want to scrape the sides of the tank and do a water change no more than 20% every other day. This should only be done if the algae returns in a heavy form.

If you need any more help, you can im or email me.

Answer 2

Turn off your filter and heater.
Stir up the gravel with your hand, this will make the water realy dirty but wont harn your fish.
Drain half the water and replace with water from the tap.
Turn on the filter and heater and leave for a couple of hours.
The biologicals havnt yet built up in your filter and dangerous gasses are building up in your gravel because poor filtation.
also don't clean your filter out till it starts running slow the first time, this will give your filter a good boost for building up the nessisary biologicals.
When cleaning your filter, take some water out of the tank and wash the filter in that, otherwise the chlorine in the tap water will destoy the good bacteria and you will be back to square one with your filter.
I also recomend a half water change once every two weeks, clean your filter between water changes never on the same day, And do a gravel clean once every six months.
May i also recomend buying an Armoured/suckermouth cat fish to keep the inside of the glass clean, good companion fish.

Answer 3

the problem was that the heater should have been there for the six days as well so that the bacteria had ideal condition to form. now your tank is cycling with the fish in it and the fish will actually make it a little worse because of their waste. i wouldn't really change the water, add something that's called cycle or bio-boost. look for the term biological water conditioner, it releases tons of bacteria to help the fish, but it will also cause the bacteria plume to pass more quickly. good luck.

Answer 4

Your tank is cycling now. It sounds like you just had the water running in the tank. Make sure you change a little bit of the water each day until the cycle is complete.

The murky water is caused by a bloom of benificial bacteria which will convert ammonia to nitrites and then to nitrates.

In order to tell when its done you need to pick up some test kits one for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. When you have 0ppm ammonia and 0ppm nitrite your tank has cycled.

Answer 5

Your tank didn't start to cycle until you added the fish. Once they were in there ammonia could start to develop and the bacteria could start to grow. What you need to be careful about for the next few weeks is the ammonia getting too high. After that, the bacteria will be there to keep it under control. Here's a very helpful page that explains it all in detail, what you should expect and how to best handle it.

http://www.firsttankguide.net/cycle.php

Hope that helps!

MM

Answer 6

Giving pets as modern isn't a fantastic idea contained in the first position. The 'kissing' area of that's certainly them exhibiting a demonstration of dominance and/or combating. Kissing gouramis are a Tropical fish (warmth water). The food could very last round 5 minutes when you positioned it in.

Answer 7

The tank is cycling. Buy some Bio-Spira