Cloudy 40 gal

[Just a hobby]

Y 40 gal tank is cloudy.. Has been pretty much since I put it together 2 months ago... I do water changes weekly but every time the next day it's cloudy agian' this week it was so bad you couldn't see the back of the tank through the front.. I have 2 ATI sponge filters going with an 80gal air pump, and a filter in the back.. Ic tried water clarifier, I've prime'd, pretty much done all I can and no better

 

[vanimal]

What substrate? Sand can sometimes have a lot of dust in it.

 

[Just a hobby]

Gravel :/

 

[Pufferlove]

Did you rinse it

 

[Just a hobby]

Yea and I gravel vac it every week

 

[Brox]

Is it cycled could be bacteria/ammonia spike

 

[Brox]

Try adding carbon too

 

[shellieca]

My 10g tank became cloudy after being running 2-3 months, I found that I wasn't vacuuming good enough. Once I started pushing the vac all the way into the gravel until I hit the bottom it cleared up. I know you said you vac once a week, so did I just not good enough.

 

[shellieca]

BTW how big are your water changes? My 2 fish in cycling tanks got cloudy water about 2 wks into cycling & it cleared up with water changes but I was doing 50%+ 2-3 times a week because they were cycling, using only Prime.

 

[Borderlesscott]

What sort of fish and how many in the tank?

 

[Just a hobby]

Around 50% water changes every week or so. I've been pushing the vac down pretty far, I'm not sure if there's much more grime I could be getting out of the gravel... As of right now I have a 5 inch Senegal bichir, 2 smallish angelfish and a Cory catfish. O and I added new carbon filters. It's been clearing up a bit but still pretty cloudy... I tried adding water clarifier it didn't do anything. It's certainly no where near clear

 

[vanimal]

Maybe a UV sterilizer??

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

Maybe a UV sterilizer??

No. Those are expensive and unnecessary.

How long ago did you add your fish?

 

[vanimal]

I'm sure it would help though.

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

If its an algae problem...

Sounds like maybe a larger water change regime?

 

[Pufferlove]

You cold try purigen