Cloudy water - Aquarium Advice

Phatracer3 · 04-17-2008, 07:47 PM

I came home today and went to check my fish out and i seen a whole bunch of food at the bottom i knew right away my nephew poured half the bottle of food in my 14 gallon freshwater tank so i immediatley did a 20% water change and vacumed up the excess food off the gravel. The water is still kind of cloudy is there anything they sell at stores that will make the water clear again?

neilanh · 04-17-2008, 09:09 PM

I'd do another, larger (50-75%) water change. The water will clear up.

tawolcott · 04-17-2008, 09:19 PM

Agreed. Also you might want to change out the carbon, rinse out the pad in used tank water. When it clears do the same again (if it's a FW tank). If it's not and you don't run carbon, run some then discard after it clears. Maybe even add a micro pad for awhile if it's a can filter.

04-17-2008, 07:47 PM	#1
Phatracer3 Aquarium Advice Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1	Cloudy water I came home today and went to check my fish out and i seen a whole bunch of food at the bottom i knew right away my nephew poured half the bottle of food in my 14 gallon freshwater tank so i immediatley did a 20% water change and vacumed up the excess food off the gravel. The water is still kind of cloudy is there anything they sell at stores that will make the water clear again?

04-17-2008, 09:09 PM	#2
neilanh MTS Advocate Community Mentor Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 2,930 Images: 15	I'd do another, larger (50-75%) water change. The water will clear up. __________________ ~Neilan In the DC Metro Area? Check out GWAPA Look, I have a My Info Page! Where's yours? Useful Links: Vote for AA, Nitrogen Cycle, Fishless Cycling, Articles, Acronym List

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04-17-2008, 09:19 PM	#3
tawolcott Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tired of the mod power plays; gone to another forum Posts: 261	Agreed. Also you might want to change out the carbon, rinse out the pad in used tank water. When it clears do the same again (if it's a FW tank). If it's not and you don't run carbon, run some then discard after it clears. Maybe even add a micro pad for awhile if it's a can filter.