cloudy water

[aeruelas]

The other day. I put a El nino fern into my tank . Yhr next day the water was cloudy I did a full water change lasted two days and was cloudy again. I have twos snails and read that this could be thaw problem because they are eating th plant. Help any one

 

[Rivercats]

Cloudy water doesn't come from adding a plant unless you really disturbed the substrate while planting it. Snails eating the plant will not cause cloudy water. It sounds like you could be having a bacterial bloom. Have you recently cleaned your filters including the bio media in it? Or have you done a large gravel vacuuming?

 

[aeruelas]

Yes I did a large gravel cleaning and have always done them and never had this happen till now. I did forget to change out a filter that had rotting plant bulb

 

[Rivercats]

If you had a rotting bulb and did the large gravel vac conditions could have been right to cause a bacterial bloom.

 

[bevoholic]

Have you recently cleaned your filters including the bio media in it? Or have you done a large gravel vacuuming?

I just did this in my 5.5g tank and now I'm seeing cloudy water. What can I do to get rid of it?

 

[Rivercats]

If you do a WC does the cloudiness come back? If so that is a bacterial bloom. For that you can wait it out, try Purgen in your filter, or run a UV sterilizer which will kill off the bacteria causing the bloom and your tank will clear.

 

[bevoholic]

If you do a WC does the cloudiness come back? If so that is a bacterial bloom. For that you can wait it out, try Purgen in your filter, or run a UV sterilizer which will kill off the bacteria causing the bloom and your tank will clear.

Yea, it comes back. What kind of bacteria is it?

 

[Rivercats]

It's just heterotrophic bacteria and while irritating it isn't harmful to your inhabitants.

 

[bevoholic]

It's just heterotrophic bacteria and while irritating it isn't harmful to your inhabitants.

Ah, thanks for the info. I don't have a UV filter or perigean, so I think I'm just going to let it sit and go away on it's own.