i have a 75 gallon quarium with 6 frogs in it. i had two cascade filters on it but it was alwalys so cloudy i could barely see the frogs. i went out and bought a $200 canister filter last week....it is still so cloudy i cant see hardly anything. i feed them once a day and i feed them bloodworms and shrimp.
i would really appreciate any help.
2007-09-19 06:50:46 · 4 answers · asked by yesiamalesbian 4 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
i have done a coupld of 30% water changes on it and it goes straight to being cloudy in a day.
2007-09-19 06:51:33 · update #1
couple ^^^
2007-09-19 06:52:12 · update #2
This is somewhat natural if your tank is less than 2 months old. It's what we in the fish section call "cycling". This is caused by the wastes of the animals (fish or frogs) which contains ammonia. Normally, the ammonia is converted to nitrite and nitrate by bacteria in the tank, but your tank may just be too new to have the amount needed yet. As long as there is more ammonia and nitrite than can be converted completely by the bacteria you have, they'll divide rapidly, causing a bacterial "bloom" which is the cloudiness you see. Once there are enough that they convert the ammonia and nitrite completely, the reproduction will slow down, and the water will clear up on its own.
Until this happens, don't overfeed, and only do partial water changes (20-30% at a time is good). Use a gravel vacuum to get any uneaten food/debris out of the gravel, as food also releases ammonia as it decomposes. When you clean your filter, don't clean it using water straight from the tap - use dechlorinated water (also what you should add when your do water changes) or squeeze the media out in a container of tank water - the bacteria use the gravel and filer media as a place they can attach, and if you expose them to chlorine, you will kill the bacteria, so there's that many more to replace through reproduction.
Note: This holds true for turtle and other amphibian tanks also!
2007-09-19 07:05:49 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you are having a bacteria bloom. There isn't much you can do except for to keep doing small water changes until it clears up. Please be checking your water for ammonia, nitrates and nitrites as when these get high it can kill your frogs. Your tank is going thru a cycling process. Please come join my acf yahoo group and we will help you get thru this cycling and bacteria bloom and keep your frogs safe. http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/africanclawedfrogs2006/
Just post to the group about what is going on once your membership is accepted and we will start answering and helping you.
Also feeding bloodworms to the frogs on a daily basis is not good for them. Bloodworms can cause a disease called bloat.
2007-09-19 08:13:50 · answer #2 · answered by carla e 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might want to put the frogs into a different container (secure, of course) and totally clean out the tank. Scrub it good, then put in fresh water. Also (if you can) take the filters and run them with fresh water but *not* back into the tank so they clear out good. Put the frogs and filters back in and see how that works out.
After that, I'm not sure what else there is to do.
2007-09-19 06:58:05 · answer #3 · answered by mathaowny 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
open the lid if you want to see them..
i don't know..
2007-09-19 06:59:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋