I have a 10 gallon tank ive had it for about a week now, i changed the water for the first time yesterday but when i change it, the water is cloudier after than it was before and there is tons of particles floating around in it, is this normal and is there somehting i should be doing differently? ive just been using a gravel vac and doing about a 40% water change that way
Water Change and Cloudy Water
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I'm far for qualified to answer this but do you have well water, water softener or anything else like that? Maybe I'm on the wrong track with this but it's my first thought.
Edit: I just found this site... It doesn't answer your question but it's something, I guess.
Cloudy Water
Edit: I just found this site... It doesn't answer your question but it's something, I guess.
Cloudy Water
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You are probably just stirring up stuff that your gravel vac didn't get. Your filter should get the particles within an hour or two. The other reason could be you are disturbing the biological filter. I'm guessing your tank isn't cycled, and you are vacuuming all the gravel. This is sucking up the few bio bugs you may have in your tank, and the cloudiness is a bacterial bloom. Don't do any more water changes until you have to because your ammonia or nitrite readings are too high for your fish. Please read up on cycling, and get a good test kit for ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, and ph. Aquarium Pharmaceuticals has a good master test kit with all these tests in it at a good price. You can get them from Big Al's online for $15.99.