leave it be till the water clears up.. dont bother trying to run a diatom or anything, it won't help much.
Moved 20 fish, added 10 fish, now slightly cloudy water?
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It got a lil bit more cloudy. I will not touch it for a week or so and cut back feeding as well.
Test for ammonia. Since you changed all your media at once, you're probably going through a cycle again. In my experience, large quantities of ammonia can cause cloudy water.
I'm thinking I did get an ammonia spike. Any easy way to clear it up? I lost 4 rosy barbs just today. I have 2 pearl gouramis, 1 cory, and 10 congo tetras left in my 90.
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Sounds like a mini cycle brought on by cleaning too well during the move. If it is a bacterial bloom however, which is also common in new setups, it will clear on its own in time and you really do not have to do anything about it. Once the beneficial bacteria figures out where it will best serve the tank, the water will be crystal clear again. If however, it is part of a mini cycle, and there is ammonia in the water then a water change is the only way to rid the tank of excess ammonia to bring the levels down to safe levels. What is your ammonia reading? The good news is if it is a mini cycle, it is just that. A mini cycle which will usually last just a few days to week at best. Test your water for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate and based on the results, you can go from there.
Marinemom
Marinemom
Just woke up and it's still cloudy I noticed that some of my smaller plants just withered away, I believe it's ammonia. I'm gonna check readings now. Alot of the plants are turning yellow actually.
Ammonia is between .25 and .50. Thinking of doing a 50% water change.... since Ammonia should be at 0, or is this just a part of a mini cycle?
I have a liquid test kit for ammonia. Doc wellfish one, do you recommend something else?
