Okay in a period of less than 24 hours my tank went from pretty close to perfectly clear (typically there is a very low, low level of cloudiness) to just incredibly cloudy. It is a 29 gal standard, and I can barely see through the tank front-to-back, and definitely cannot see through the tank side-to-side.
I know the first question will be, "Did you do anything different in the last 24 hours?" The answer is yes...lots of things different. That is why I am unsure of the cause.
Within the last 24 hours, I have:
-- finished up day 5 of a 5-day treatment cycle of Maracyn and Maracyn-II
-- fed my fishes with live brine shrimp (for the first time ever)
-- putting activated carbon back into my filter overnight (to rid the water of leftover Maracyn and Maracyn-II)
-- did about a 40-50% pwc
-- removed the activated carbon from my filter
-- began treatment with Kanamycin (direct into tank and Kanacyn-laced food)
Yes, the tank gets a little bit of direct sunlight (maybe an hour or less) each morning--I'm working on preventing that. However, the main "bloom" happened over about a 6 hour time period this afternoon/evening *after* I had done my big pwc.
The cloudiness looks white under the aquarium light but I did notice a greenish tinge to it during the day when looking at it in natural light, so I am assuming it is an algae bloom? Or bacterial bloom?
Any ideas would be appreciated. My fish don't look disturbed at the moment but water this cloudy can't be good for them, right?
EDIT: 6 zebra danios, 5 dwarf neon rainbowfish, 3 cory cats. The antibiotics are due to an outbreak of mouth "fungus" (columnaris) on all 5 of the rainbows and possibly 1 or 2 of the zebras. Tank parameters: ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0-5 ppm. Last night I was getting ammonia and nitrite at 0.25 ppm, that is why I did a big water change today.
I know the first question will be, "Did you do anything different in the last 24 hours?" The answer is yes...lots of things different. That is why I am unsure of the cause.
Within the last 24 hours, I have:
-- finished up day 5 of a 5-day treatment cycle of Maracyn and Maracyn-II
-- fed my fishes with live brine shrimp (for the first time ever)
-- putting activated carbon back into my filter overnight (to rid the water of leftover Maracyn and Maracyn-II)
-- did about a 40-50% pwc
-- removed the activated carbon from my filter
-- began treatment with Kanamycin (direct into tank and Kanacyn-laced food)
Yes, the tank gets a little bit of direct sunlight (maybe an hour or less) each morning--I'm working on preventing that. However, the main "bloom" happened over about a 6 hour time period this afternoon/evening *after* I had done my big pwc.
The cloudiness looks white under the aquarium light but I did notice a greenish tinge to it during the day when looking at it in natural light, so I am assuming it is an algae bloom? Or bacterial bloom?
Any ideas would be appreciated. My fish don't look disturbed at the moment but water this cloudy can't be good for them, right?
EDIT: 6 zebra danios, 5 dwarf neon rainbowfish, 3 cory cats. The antibiotics are due to an outbreak of mouth "fungus" (columnaris) on all 5 of the rainbows and possibly 1 or 2 of the zebras. Tank parameters: ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0-5 ppm. Last night I was getting ammonia and nitrite at 0.25 ppm, that is why I did a big water change today.