Cloudy Water?

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fishgirl19

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I've just got home and I've noticed that the water in my tank looks a little cloudy. One of my platy had her fry b/c I spotted one hiding behind a plant. Can this be the reason the water is cloudy?


Also, do the eye spots go away after the female has the fry?
 
The eye spots are caused by the eyes of the fry....so yes, the spots would be gone after birth.

The water being cloudy could be lots of things. In my experience I haven't noticed it following fish being born though. Is your tank new?
 
Unless you used Bio-Spira to cycle your tank then it's going through a cycle right now. What you're probably seeing is a bacterial bloom. I would highly recommend buying a test kit to monitor your ammonia, nitrIte, and nitrAtes. You most likely have ammonia in your water which is not good for your fish. The fastest way to cope with this is do daily water changes to remove some of the ammonia build-up. You're probably going to need at least 50% water changes daily until your tank cycles.

Read the stickies at the top of the freshwater forums on "cycling" and you'll get educated in a hurry.

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26051
 
your tank is going through a bacteria bloom which is when the bacteria spread so that they can establish their part in your tank. Did you cycle this tank before adding the fish? If so, how? Out of curiosity, what are eye spots?
 
Dangerdoll said:
Out of curiosity, what are eye spots?
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You can see the eyes of fry through a female live bearer's sides, it's pretty amazing and a little strange. I can't imagine being able to see the eyes of a human baby through a woman's skin! :)
 
ah, the same thing as with guppy mom's.... I get it now, thanks Blinky ;)....

rereading this thread, it looks as if the tank hasn't been fishless cycled so water changes are in order to keep the ammonia down..... do you have a test kit? Have you checked the parameters yet?
 
Incidentally, the cloudiness has nothing to do with cycling. You can have an uncycled tank with perfectly clear water and a cycled tank with cloudy water. In either case, it just takes time for the bacteria in the tank to reach equilibrium.
 
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