In December I bought a new Penguin filter for my 55 gallon because my old filter passed away. This new filter never seemed to keep my tank clean. It was always just yucky looking. So i just bought a new Whisper 60 for my tank. When i put the new filter on, I went ahead and did a water change(25%). The water I pulled out was GREEN. The next day I did another water change (50%) and the water was still green but not as bad. You can not see through the length of the tank. It looks like a big green cloud. I went to Petsmart and bought Clarity which is made by SeaChem. I used one dose of it ( the bottle says it will get real cloudy but then clear up in 1-2 hours). 10 hours later the water looks worse. So i put another dose in (up to 3 doses are safe). The water still looks bad, but instead of being green the water is cloudy green. What should i do, what caused this, how can i prevent it? I love my fish! I even have a new little nemo fish (he is a riot platty that i found one day doing a water change, i didn't even know his mom gave birth). Anyways nemo is my buddy he comes up to the top every day to eat. I don't want him to die or my pleco that i have had forever. Can i test my water or will the cloudiness mess that up??
Someone please help me.
thanks
Someone please help me.
thanks