17 Gallon tank water has gone cloudy from a 2 year old putting food in

[celticfan]

On Wednesday - so 6 days ago, possibly Thursday a 2 year old put a bit of potato, pea and like a tiny bit of dark like beef gravy into the tank to "feed the fishes", luckily the potato stayed whole and I netted it out right away and the 2 peas I just left since I know fish can eat peas anyway.


The water was fine the next day, I took the shell of the peas out in a net but the water looked the same, next day I think it was ok again maybe Saturday also still fine, Sunday it was cloudy though and yesterday it was still cloudy so I did a like 90% water change, I left only about 3 inches and filled it back up with fresh water and prime. It was a little cloudy again but it usually would be after that big a water change, when I got up today I expected it to be fine but it is still cloudy?



It has 5 Platy fry(2 months old), 9 neon tetras and 4 Albino Corys which are all fine and behaving normal and have been over the whole time.



Just wondering what could be happening and if it happened to anyone before?

 

[fearlessfisch]

Everything okay now?

You have a very kind and empathetic two-year-old. Making sure the fish got some gravy was an especially thoughtful touch.

You did the right thing with a water change. I think you will be fine--just monitor the tank and keep doing water changes. You can always change extra if you want. Temporary cloudiness is not necessarily a problem, unless a particularly bad bacteria bloom is interfering with oxygen levels. You could add an airstone. Feed lightly for awhile. As long as your fish seem fine, I wouldn't worry.