Aquarium Water turning White

[JSchmidt]

Hopefully, you're done with the white water, but I suspect not. White water is caused by various microorganisms whose populations have become unbalanced. One population blooms until another that controls the first is established. By cleaning everything and starting over, you've removed all the organisms. Unless you do things differently, you're likely to see the same problem again, for the same reasons.

Here's a great resource that explains the problem and how to treat it:

http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/algae/hazy.shtml

Jim

 

[Ugino]

You where right,,,, The water started to turn white again,

****,, I do not know what to do now,,, maybe throw it away hehehe

 

[JSchmidt]

Do nothing. It will eventually go away on its own. Just be sure you don't have ammonia/nitrite present. If they are both zero, don't worry. You might decrease feedings a bit, too.

Jim

 

[QCppg]

My dad's 14 gallon did this constantly until recently. We added a single Jungle "fungus clear" tablet after I had accidentally introduced fungus to the tank. Now the water stays clear.

 

[simbadda]

I have sea shells in my tank, just bleached and boiled them...np here

 

[QCppg]

I think the main concern is that the seashells will dissolve in fresh water. Since they are mainly calcium carbonate they react with any acid in the water, increasing both Ph and Kh in the process. Also any chemicals that the mollusk that made the shell was exposed to could be released into the water.

 

[Auren]

I just recently had alot of foam in the corner of my pond, I guess those are unbalanced bacteria.