I have put green glass pebbles in bottom of fish tank, water is a little cloudy after a week, is there anything in the glass pebbles that is causing this?
2007-04-09 08:09:01 · 19 answers · asked by heavymetalbitch 6 in Pets ➔ Fish
Probably. Did you rinse them out before you put them in? If not, that could be the problem. Other than that nothing is wrong, unless the pebbles are colored on the outside with poisonous paints and haven't been sealed.
2007-04-09 08:11:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2016-12-29 20:43:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have glass pebbles in my fish tank and my fish are swimming around very happily. They are so much easier to clean than gravel, which just seems to hoard all the dirt. If ur tank is near a window the water can become cloudy and dirty quicker. I just presume the cloudiness is coming from the fish as they wee and poo and release hormones into the water.
2007-04-10 20:37:09 · answer #3 · answered by Smiley_1714 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I doubt its the glass i have a few red ones of those in my main tank. I think your tank is over crouded and you should remove one or 2 fish. Did you just buy this tank, if so it has not been cycled yet.
Cycling for noobies
1-You add water
2-you add cheap fish that will die soon ater
3-your water gets cloudy
4-your fish dies
5-nothing left in your tank
6-water gets mysteriously clear
7-add a couple of cheap goldfish
8-water gets cloudy
9-one or 2 fish die
10-your tank is clear again and cycled.
2007-04-09 10:22:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They should be fine as long as they are not of the painted varity. The cloudyness could be caused by a number of things :
1) did you rinse then first?
2) have you put anything else in the tank, ie wood without boiling it?
3) have you checked and cleaned your filter
Best bet buy a decent book on fish and fish tanks
2007-04-09 08:15:32 · answer #5 · answered by ikklefrog40 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Glass is inert so its very safe. I would rinse them before I'd put them in the tank. I don't know if not rinsing would cause bad cloudyness though. Its not necessarily the glass, could be ammonia or algae bloom. Have your water tested and change water as needed.
2007-04-09 08:54:09 · answer #6 · answered by Sunday P 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Glass is safe the cloudy water if tank has cycled is probably not. Water change vacuum bottom to remove waste, clean filter. Good Luck..><>:)
2007-04-09 08:53:51 · answer #7 · answered by PaPa Norm 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, probably not. The glass pebbles like you get from a craft store are perfectly safe for an aquarium.
If this is a new tank you are seeing the beginnings of the cycling process. If not then it's a bacterial bloom that will diminish in a few days. For more on the cycling process see this link:
http://www.firsttankguide.net/cycle.php
Hope that helps!
MM
2007-04-09 08:14:07 · answer #8 · answered by magicman116 7 · 5⤊ 3⤋
Did you rinse them like you're supposed to before putting them in your tank? Glass pebbles are not harmful...but that is based on whether you rinse them adequately.
2007-04-09 08:13:36 · answer #9 · answered by Yoyo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you might have an algae issue. if your tank gets a lot of light either from the hood or the sun algae will start to grow. there is medication out there to take care of it. a partial water change can help as well. if not you can always get a pleco or a chinese algae eater to maintina the tank
2007-04-11 14:41:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋