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My tropical fishtank water has gone cloudy2007-11-24 23:38:46

It is only new - we purchased the tank 1 week ago and put the water, bacteria etc in it, and then we put the first few fish in yesterday. I overfed them today due to a food spillage incident (caused by an over eager child!), and now the water is cloudy. If I just leave it will it clear up, or do I have to do something? We are fish novices.

Answers:

If you have a good filter the water will clear up in a couple of days, Hopefully you didnt have a really big over food spillage or the fish might die because of too much food. You should also buy a sucker fish, ask your pet store clerk about these.

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No It will not. You need to do a 40% water change. Be careful though, make sure you put some stress zyme in the water, afterwards. And maybe a little aquarium salt.

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I have over fed my fish, causing the water to go cloudy. I tried changing the filter but it didn't work well and the water stayed cloudy as ever. So I ended up just doing a whole new water change which isn't recommended by fish enthusiasts but nothing else was working. My fish were fine and seem much happier now. I don't feed them as often now, just once in the morning. They also have live plants in the tank and they nibble those as well.

You could try a partial water change, but if that doesn't improve the conditions, you might have to just do a 50 percent or entire tank change. Good luck!

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i have 5 gold fishes and the biggest one is slightly smaller than a fist. they eat a lot and and at the same time s**t a lot too. i change 25-30% of the water every 3-4 days to keep the water clear.

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Anita, you have not mentioned what kind of a filter you are using in the tank, but my guess is that it will be a internal filter which hangs inside the tank. It takes a new filter generally 48-72 hrs to promote the useful bacteria inside in order to balance the water clarity strata, even if you have added bacteria generating enzyme liquid.