Greetings from Brooklyn, NY

[mia751]

Hi to all,
I'm new to this forum. I was wondering if anyone knows what to do for a cloudy fish tank? I had someone take care of my 30 gallon tropical tank while I was away and they didn't follow my directions and overfed the fish. I have done water changes (Partial) and a complete change and the water starts off clear and then within 3 days gets cloudy and greenish. I've had a community tank for over 20 years and never had this problem. Any ideas?
Mia 751

 

[Delapool]

Hi welcome to AA. Just checking that it goes cloudy and greenish (algal bloom problem) and not cloudy and white (bacterial bloom problem)?

 

[mia751]

cloudy water

It was greenish. But I tried some National Geographic water clarifying tablets and they seemed to have worked. So far, so good the pH is 7 and there is 0 ammonia and the Lyre tail molly's babies are doing well.
Thanks for the reply.

 

[Delapool]

Good news. You could try reducing light as well but unfortunately water changes and waiting it out mainly. I've put a uv unit on my tank but perhaps hard to justify the expense on hopefully a one-off.