Hello everyone. I am relatively new to the whole tropical fish thing, but this has quickly become a big passion in my life. My problem is frustrating though and I was wondering if anyone could help me.
I have a 55 gallon fish tank with 6 Bala sharks, 4 Rainbow sharks, 2 Tinfoil Barbs, 4 Clown Loaches, a pleco (3 to 4 inches in size), and 3 peacock eels. All of these fish are basically between 2 to 4 inches and I can honestly say are thriving in the tank. However, I have the most cloudy water! In fact, I cannot even see the back of the tank except in the bottom of the water, which is usually clear. The local fish store tested my water for me because I was getting all kinds of funky readings from some test strips I bought and told me that all of my water perameters are basically right were I want them with the exception of some slightly high nitrites.
I have had this tank for about 2 months and actually had to move it one time when my apartment manager asked us to move so they could do some remodeling. All of the fish survived and I took about 40 gallons of the origonal water with me in pails, which amounts to basically a 15 gallon water change. Since then, we have done water changes every week, vaccumed the rocks for extra food, stopped feeding twice a day and now only once a day (we feed frozen blood worms and brine shrimp, which I unfreeze and rinse off before they go into the tank).
Again, what really boggles my mind is that no fish store person or expert has a definitive answer for me about this cloudy water and how to clear it up. We have tried a 'quick clear' solution to no avail and have skipped a water change in order to help bacteria growth with no change. The most important thing to me here is that all my fish are doing good and are active, I just wish I could see them when they are in the back of the tank. The only change in the fish that I have seen is one peacock eel having very white eyes as if it were now blind. (By the way, the reason we have these eels is because an expert told us they would eat any leftover food which could be the cause of this cloudyness. Needless to say, it didnt work.)
ANY help would be greatly appreciated and I will try to check this thread as much as possible in case there is any information I have left out that may be the culprit. Thanks everyone!
I have a 55 gallon fish tank with 6 Bala sharks, 4 Rainbow sharks, 2 Tinfoil Barbs, 4 Clown Loaches, a pleco (3 to 4 inches in size), and 3 peacock eels. All of these fish are basically between 2 to 4 inches and I can honestly say are thriving in the tank. However, I have the most cloudy water! In fact, I cannot even see the back of the tank except in the bottom of the water, which is usually clear. The local fish store tested my water for me because I was getting all kinds of funky readings from some test strips I bought and told me that all of my water perameters are basically right were I want them with the exception of some slightly high nitrites.
I have had this tank for about 2 months and actually had to move it one time when my apartment manager asked us to move so they could do some remodeling. All of the fish survived and I took about 40 gallons of the origonal water with me in pails, which amounts to basically a 15 gallon water change. Since then, we have done water changes every week, vaccumed the rocks for extra food, stopped feeding twice a day and now only once a day (we feed frozen blood worms and brine shrimp, which I unfreeze and rinse off before they go into the tank).
Again, what really boggles my mind is that no fish store person or expert has a definitive answer for me about this cloudy water and how to clear it up. We have tried a 'quick clear' solution to no avail and have skipped a water change in order to help bacteria growth with no change. The most important thing to me here is that all my fish are doing good and are active, I just wish I could see them when they are in the back of the tank. The only change in the fish that I have seen is one peacock eel having very white eyes as if it were now blind. (By the way, the reason we have these eels is because an expert told us they would eat any leftover food which could be the cause of this cloudyness. Needless to say, it didnt work.)
ANY help would be greatly appreciated and I will try to check this thread as much as possible in case there is any information I have left out that may be the culprit. Thanks everyone!
