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Just got a new fish tank, water very cloudy,done two water changes, still cloudy also plants have di2007-11-24 23:37:58

Also future note you should let a new tank run with a filter for at least a week before adding fish.

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Hi - are you checking the water for nitrogen levels? Keep changing the water but not too much. Also have you added some new tank bacteria stuff (can't recall what it's known as). There are loads of websites on fish keeping. It does take a few weeks for it all to stabilise. Good luck.

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same thing happened to me. i was told to actually clean the bowl with soap and hot water and rinse a bunch of times and then put fish, plants inside

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thats what happens when u fill the tank with smirnoff ice

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Are you using tap water? If so buy bottle water and try again. If you dont want to spend the money try boiling the water first then use it.make sure you cool the water before putting the fish in if you don't just add some veggies and serve it as a fish chowder. good luck

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You need to let the tank run several days(withoutfish)

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Are you using gravel? It's quite powdery and tends to cloud the water even if you give it a good rinsing. I'm assuming you've got a decent pump and filter but I would expect it to take a while for the water to clear. I don't know how good the water conditioners are that you can get now, but we always used to leave the tank empty for a while to make sure we had the right PH levels for the fish and plants before introducing them.

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Leave it to settle, it should be ok. Do you have a filter for the tank? that will help it settle.

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You don't say weather It's tropical or not. Water in this country has all sorts of additives. You should set up your tank with filter running and let It run for a week before adding plants and then a week later your fish.

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You need an under gravel filter.Leave it on for 3 or 4 days before putting any fish into it.

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A did you put the plants and fish in right away