Cloudy water

[Azure Lord]

I added three fish a few days ago, and the water seems to be clouder than usual. Could this be from excess food waste? Been feeding flakes.

 

[t57spikes]

What are your water parameters? Is your tank fully cycled?

 

[Azure Lord]

Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0.25 ppm
Nitrate: 5ppm

At cycle end it was processing 2ppm ammonia->nitrate in 24hrs or less.

Water isnt "cloudy" per say, just not ss clear as it was....

 

[t57spikes]

Nitrite should be 0 if it was fully cycled, .25 isn't bad but indicates that the tank isn't cycled fully. More than likely you have a bacteria bloom that will clear up once the tank has been cycles for a few weeks. Keep up on your water changes.

 

[Azure Lord]

It consistently read 0ppm for several days....

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

 

[dalto]

A mini-cycle is common after first adding fish. However, I am not sure that a mini-cycle would commonly cause bacterial bloom.

I would keep an eye on it for a few days and see if it goes away on it's own. Just make sure the fish are behaving normally and not gasping for oxygen.

 

[Azure Lord]

They are and theyre not.....happiest bunch ive ever seen

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Aquarium Advice mobile app