Fish Tank Keeps Clouding Up..HELP??
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Hi Guys,
My fiance and i have recently bought a fish tank and stocked it up with a few fish. The Issue we are having is that after a couple of days the tank starts to become less and less easy to see into.
To try and solve the problem we completely changed the water and gave the tank a good wash but after a couple of days it has started to cloud up again.
Is it the filter?
Any advice gratefully received,
Cheers
My fiance and i have recently bought a fish tank and stocked it up with a few fish. The Issue we are having is that after a couple of days the tank starts to become less and less easy to see into.
To try and solve the problem we completely changed the water and gave the tank a good wash but after a couple of days it has started to cloud up again.
Is it the filter?
Any advice gratefully received,
Cheers
Toyowner said:
Details please.....
Size of tank
What filtration
age of tank
stocking
water change regime
It is 28 litres, it is an aquastart 320 and the filter came in the box with it. It is a coldwater tank with only 4 fish in it and we usually empty half of the tank and refill with water once a week. Size of tank
What filtration
age of tank
stocking
water change regime
We de-chlorinate the water we put in.
Toyowner said:
Im going to say its overstocked and over fed I think.
A fish of five inches is way to big for a tank of that size.
Old school stocking rates of 1" per gallon also put you as over stocked.
As a guide on feeding, I feed once a day and NOT on Saturdays at all.
Okay thank you very much i shall remove the big one and reset my feeding routine.A fish of five inches is way to big for a tank of that size.
Old school stocking rates of 1" per gallon also put you as over stocked.
As a guide on feeding, I feed once a day and NOT on Saturdays at all.
Thanks to everyone for your advice
otolith said:
Thanks ever so much for that link it has answered all of our problems. It turns out we may have knocked our bacterial colonisation of the tank back a bit but we will be sure to get back on track now.Thanks again.
The tank is far too small basically and you will certainly be causing water quality problems. You need to get a drop testing kit and monitor the ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels. You haven't specified what type of fish you have just that they are cold water fish. I'm guessing they're goldfish of somekind? If they're fancy goldfish then the stock you have should be in a minimum of 200 litres and if they're common goldfish then they will need an even larger tank as they are pond fish really and are not really suitable for tanks.
As said above over feeding i think is main problem plus changing 50% of the water is maybe a bit to much 10-20% each week is normal.
Best thing to do is cut down the feeding a small pinch each day, and maybe a day off every two weeks.
As for tank size, sounds a little small, and here is the tough thing about fish keeping, smaller tanks are in many ways much harder to keep than large ones. My first tank was tough, lots of problems, whereas my 300 litre tank is a walk in the park in comparison.
Best thing to do is cut down the feeding a small pinch each day, and maybe a day off every two weeks.
As for tank size, sounds a little small, and here is the tough thing about fish keeping, smaller tanks are in many ways much harder to keep than large ones. My first tank was tough, lots of problems, whereas my 300 litre tank is a walk in the park in comparison.
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