I have a 20 gallon tank for my 3 goldfish and a tiny cleaner fish (which I just got about a week or two ago). I've had the goldfish for almost 2 years and they're very healthy. I've tried everything - water changes (full, half, a third water change), gravel cleaning, the anti-cloudy stuff they sell at pet stores, leaving the light off for a while, getting a whole new filter, changing the filter insert more often, cleaning the insert more often. It's not in direct sunlight either. When I first do a full water change the water is crystal clear for a couple days then goes cloudy. I've even waited and not done anything to see if it'd clear up on it's own. I have a salt water tank as well and that water is crystal clear so I really don't think it's the water itself. Is there something else I'm missing?? I can't figure it out.
2007-05-18 06:33:36 · 4 answers · asked by cney0423 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
It's a white cloudiness.
2007-05-18 06:45:01 · update #1
The water was cloudy before I got the cleaner fish. A lady at a pet store suggested the cleaner fish thinking that it might help, but it didn't. The water hasn't always been cloudy though. But I hadn't changed anything in the tank/water. It just started getting cloudy. I don't know, it's bizarre.
2007-05-18 06:52:05 · update #2
From how I read this, you've had the Goldfish in this tank a couple years? And the cloudiness didn't develope until you added the cleaner fish? Being if this is true, what size are those fish? My guess would be, but not sure if this is a solid answer, might be that the addition of the fish and additional source of ammonia has spawned a bacterial bloom. That is supported by the white cloudiness which is very typical of that. I am feeling that the new fish has caused a spike in your bio filter and this should subside in a few days. If you are changing out your filter, remember also that some of your bacteria lives in there, so cleaning that may have caused an extended period of cloudiness as it needs to rebuild up the lost bacteria. Thats my best guess on this. and Thumbs up on MM about getting the color for us :)
2007-05-18 06:49:07 · answer #1 · answered by I am Legend 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't do anything. If you are doing full water changes it will take 4 weeks for the tank to cycle again. It gets cloudy when it is cycling. Never do full water changes unless you have a disease in your tank.
2007-05-18 06:44:11 · answer #2 · answered by Katie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I put the drops of clear water in my tank while im filling it up, when I clean it and it helps alot. I havent cleaned my tank in 4 months and its still crystal clear.
2007-05-18 06:38:06 · answer #3 · answered by mikentammy76 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What color is the cloudiness? That's the one little important bit of info you left out.
MM
2007-05-18 06:41:46 · answer #4 · answered by magicman116 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋