Last night I had some striper my father in law caught and thought it might be an interesting treat to give a few little pieces (all white meat of course)to my sorubim lima, african knife, pinktail, and baby arowana. These are spread out over a few tanks, but when I woke up in the morning the tank with the african knife, and few other fish was cloudy. Not just a little cloudy, a lot cloudy. I immediatly ran for my test kit becuase I thought the tank might be going through a mini cycle, but my params are good. A0 N0 Nitrate less than 10 ph 6.8 79 degrees. I do weekly/biweekly 50% wc's It is a 44 gallon pentagon. Please do no attack me for overstocking the tank, I realize it's overstocked but I keep the 44 gal stocked with juvenile fish rescued from the stores (mostly ich) being that its so easily treated for the most part. BTW I know how you guys like all the info, which is why this is such a lengthy post, but do you think some oil off the fish might have clouded the water to the point of looking like a cycling tank? Well maybe its not THAT cloudy and I make sure the water is crystal clear all the time because I am tad anal... anways.. I put the pieces in one at a time and made sure they were eaten to make sure none was lost to rot. Could the minimal amount of time they were free floating (8-10) seconds max release enough oil to make the water noticably cloudy?
Thanks in advance
Tim
Thanks in advance
Tim
