willcboha
Aquarium Advice Newbie
I am new to this site and I am sure that you guy's have dealt with this before (especially from a newbie) but I have a new 55gal fresh water aquarium that I took my time with and added things slowly. I have a gravel substrate, 9 plastic plants (I am going to change these with live plants shortly) (2) 12" bubble bars and a few ornaments that are tank friendly.
I rinsed and soaked everything before putting it into the tank and used all the appropriate additives to balance the Ph, nitrates, ammonia and such and let the tank sit empty for about a month.14 days ago I bought 7 tiger barbs and added them to the tank, they seemed to adjust nicely. I waited about a week and bought 5 blue neon jumbo tetras (beautiful fish) and they too seemed to adjust perfectly....but after about 4 days the water became cloudy ,just a little at first, but within a week you could barely see the fish!
It's been about 5 days and I am beside myself, I have tried the "Accu-Clear" crap and it has not helped. My fish are doing fine however and the test strips show that my water is fine. I would love to actually see my fish though!!
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I rinsed and soaked everything before putting it into the tank and used all the appropriate additives to balance the Ph, nitrates, ammonia and such and let the tank sit empty for about a month.14 days ago I bought 7 tiger barbs and added them to the tank, they seemed to adjust nicely. I waited about a week and bought 5 blue neon jumbo tetras (beautiful fish) and they too seemed to adjust perfectly....but after about 4 days the water became cloudy ,just a little at first, but within a week you could barely see the fish!
It's been about 5 days and I am beside myself, I have tried the "Accu-Clear" crap and it has not helped. My fish are doing fine however and the test strips show that my water is fine. I would love to actually see my fish though!!
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!