How do I Fix Cloudy Water in a New Tank?
How do I Fix Cloudy Water in a New Tank?Answer: In answer to the reader question: “I purchased a 40 gal tank (fresh water). Washed all gravel, inside of tank, etc. Filled left set for three days added 30 guppies and 5 neon’s. Water is cloudy – added good bacteria and still is cloudy. What to do? Thanks ” Cloudy water in a new aquarium is usually due to a condition known as bacterial blossom. When you added three dozen fish all at once, you placed an extremely high bio-load on the tank, which resulted in a large amount of waste being produced suddenly. Bacteria that feed upon those wastes began to grow in large numbers, resulting in cloudy water. About Good Bacteria There are several types of bacteria necessary to neutralize wastes produced in your aquarium. Adding the good bacteria that you mentioned simply added more of the type needed in the first stage of the Nitrogen cycle, which you already have in overwhelming numbers. Don’t add any more of those bacteria, as you don’t need them.
