I have a fully cycled tank that has been stocked for about 3 weeks. I had a fishless cycle for about 4 weeks. I have had the test kit for about 4 weeks as well.
Yesterday, I noticed that the water was starting to get cloudy. I checked the waters and it registered as 0 ammonio, 0 Nitrites and almost 0 nitrates (it does not appear to be 0 but just a little past). So the water doesn't seem to be the issue based upon the readings. I know that the test kit was giving results as of several weeks ago because I had readings.
I have recently been adding Pimafix and Melafix to the tank in response to some problems I was noticing with my guppies. I don't know if it is necessary because none of the other fish have been having problems but I figured I would treat the tank just in case. I did notice that the problems with the water started at the same time that I started adding the Pimafix and Melafix. Is it possible that this is the source of my cloudy water?
Any other ideas? I don't see algae on anything. I will admit that I may have been overfeeding the fish so I am going to cut back on that and feed them every other day to see if that helps. Is that the problem? I don't necessarily think that this is an issue because I haven't changed my feeding habits for the three weeks and only started having cloudy water as of this week.
ETA: I have had the light hood on for about 14-15 hours a day so I will also admit that there may be too much light. The tank however does not have direct sunlight. Similar to the feeding, I have had my light on for 14-15 hours a day for the entire time that I have had fish and the problems just now started this week.
Yesterday, I noticed that the water was starting to get cloudy. I checked the waters and it registered as 0 ammonio, 0 Nitrites and almost 0 nitrates (it does not appear to be 0 but just a little past). So the water doesn't seem to be the issue based upon the readings. I know that the test kit was giving results as of several weeks ago because I had readings.
I have recently been adding Pimafix and Melafix to the tank in response to some problems I was noticing with my guppies. I don't know if it is necessary because none of the other fish have been having problems but I figured I would treat the tank just in case. I did notice that the problems with the water started at the same time that I started adding the Pimafix and Melafix. Is it possible that this is the source of my cloudy water?
Any other ideas? I don't see algae on anything. I will admit that I may have been overfeeding the fish so I am going to cut back on that and feed them every other day to see if that helps. Is that the problem? I don't necessarily think that this is an issue because I haven't changed my feeding habits for the three weeks and only started having cloudy water as of this week.
ETA: I have had the light hood on for about 14-15 hours a day so I will also admit that there may be too much light. The tank however does not have direct sunlight. Similar to the feeding, I have had my light on for 14-15 hours a day for the entire time that I have had fish and the problems just now started this week.
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