Cloudy water from side of tank?

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cichliddude

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Hello everyone I have a issue and don't know how to solve it. When I look at my tank from straight ahead it looks clear and then I look at it from the sides and bam the water looks cloudy. I've tried a 50 percent water change it was a little better but still a little cloudy then after a day i tried some clarify and that didn't clear it up and that stuff says right on the bottle that it is a clear all no matter why the tank is cloudy. I have attached a few pictures any ideas or suggestions would be awesome. Thanks

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Our tank is the same way right now, I'm not sure what's going on, we also bought the cloudy stuff and it did nothing. Have done 15% water change twice..


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How new is your tank Brandi

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We have had it up and running for a few week, then we added a small community of fish.. How about yours?


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Been about a week

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My tank wasn't a brand new tank or setup everything was up and taken down for a while then put back up

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Ya we had a 55gallon about 5 years ago, and now starting back up with a 55 gallon.. What all kind of fish do you have?


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Ok. What exactly is filter floss?

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So the tank has only been up for just 3 weeks and your parameters are "fine?"

It should be cycling which would explain the cloudy water...

What is ammonia, nitrite and nitrates exactly?


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I cycled with filter media from other tank. Ph is 7.4. The rest is 0 0 5. It is only cloudy from sides and can see splotches on glass. I guess it may be bacteria.
 
Cichliddude, I have the same problem. Did you find a solution?

What I did was cleaned the sides of the tank and did a water chang and then about a day after that it was crystal clear. Also added another filter media to my filter so I think what really did it was cleaning the side of the tank and doing a major water change.
 
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