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09-06-2008, 08:12 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: mesa, az
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|  cloudy water! Man, My new tank's water will not stay clear! I switched out some water today and it's STILL cloudy! What am I doing wrong? I use conditioner, the tank is clean, it's not overcrowded, good oxygen, good, clean filter, no over feeding... WTF?????? It looks ugly and makes me sad inside. HAHA PLEEEEAAAAASEEEE HELP
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09-06-2008, 09:55 PM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: Jun 2008
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| Depending on how long it's been that way, it may be a bacterial bloom, which can happen when bacteria is establishing itself in your tank, which is actually a good thing. Other than that, I'm not sure what it could be. Hopefully someone else will have suggestions.
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09-06-2008, 11:32 PM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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| yea the first few weeks my tank was cloudy, but after my water change this week and last week, its been pretty clear. Note that it was only cloudy when looking through the side of the tank * I've had my tank for a little over 2 months now, it's cycled fish are no longer stressed and dyings  , I've had 6 casualties since the start, and none since the first week of august
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09-07-2008, 12:06 AM
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Illinois
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| It could be your substrate as well. What are you using?
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09-07-2008, 11:16 AM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: mesa, az
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| thanks everyone! it must be the bacterial thing! the tank has been up only since last monday! i'm just a paranoid freak! LOL i'm pretty sure all my snails have died in the transfer from the old tank to the new one though.. which makes me sad since one of them was HUGE!
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09-08-2008, 10:35 AM
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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| yea so the cloudiness in my tank is completely gone now, Mercury made a very good point about it being the subtrate, so if you do a good gravel vacuum that could def help
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09-08-2008, 10:14 PM
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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| someone said from another post it's also a sign of bacteria developing which is good (i forget the exact words and who sorry i cannot credit) after a few weeks once your tank has cycled and you do a couple water changes it will go away, if not then blasphemy those fu**ing goldfish!
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