cloudy water in tank?

Question

I have a 10 gal tank with a 20 gal pump and filter and my water still clouds up 3 day and also smells bad. We're using artisian spring water from our tap. We are new to the whole fish thing and could use any help we can get. Thanks.

Answer 1

If the tank is less than a month of so old, it's just a bacterial bloom. As weird as it may sound, don't clean the filter. Allow more bacteria to grow in the filter and it will no longer grow in the water.

You may also be over feeding slightly. Be sure not to feed more than the fish can eat in 2-3 minutes and remove any leftovers with a siphon or turkey baster.

MM

Answer 2

You might have a dead fish. I had a shark die, it clouded up a 120 gallon tank with two commercial grade undertank filters, with a 20 gallon sump, and a protein skimmer. I wound up just doing a 25 gallon water change.

Answer 3

Never use tap water directly for fish. If you do want to use tap water, then you have to use water conditioner to stabilize the water for the fish. Also, high ammonia levels could be causing the cloudy water/smell. Dead fish also cause cloudy water. That's why you remove dead fish immediately when you see them. You could use Accu-Clear, but it hasn't worked for me. My advice is to do a 100% water change and scrub )not with soap) everything that touched the dirty/smelly water. Then you can use spring water to re-fill the tank and add water conditioner if needed. Then you can add the fish in.

~ZTM

Answer 4

new tank syndorne.

Here is the deal
you have not yet broken in the tank, it takes about 3 weeks to break in a tank. this givs bactearia a chance to grow.. The bactearia will break down the waist at this point you should have NO FISH in it.

After 3 weeks get 2 real hardy fish like catfish/coy..
NO MORE because the tank will be out of wack
the fish eats
he poops
the poop will turn to amonia
this will be broken down to nitrata
this will be further broken down turned to nitrite

Answer 5

It doesn't sound like over feeding since you clean the tank so often.

Remember never to change more than 25% of the water when you do a water change and vac the gravel to remove the waste.

Cloudy water can come from a number of things. Although food is one of them, you really have to OVER feed for this to happen.

Not cleaning or OVER cleaning the tank is more of a problem than not. If you are removing more than 25-30% of the water or all the water your tank has to RE Cycle every time you clean it. This is a bacterial bloom. Not cleaning the tank by removing waste and food parts from the bottom will also lead to a bacterial bloom.

next water change only change 25% of the water and only once per week vacingthe gravel. The well water is fine for your fish. Be sure to use a water conditioner or Dechlor even if your water isn't chlorinated. This helps to condition the water for your fish.

Stay away from other additives like chemicals for stress coat etc.

Your water will clear once you start on the 25% only water changes.
Good luck and feel free to email me.

Answer 6

well this happens when u start a new tank idk if u just started it but if u did then its goin to take a couple more weeks two the most and it shold clear up if its salt weater and u put sand in it and didnt clean out the sand b4 u put it in then its might take longer but a week should clear up

Answer 7

cloudieness could be from overfeeding, change the filter and replace some of the water, you might have high ammonia levels

Answer 8

You're probably feeding your fish WAY too much food.

Answer 9

change the filter or clean the water out