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We lost our fish after a gravel change last week and still have a bacteria bloom, the filter was unchanged and 50% of old water put back, we also have a large plastic cup of old gravel in there. How long before the cloudy water clears and I can re-stock ?? PS. Bacteria BLOOM, not Bllom !!

Yes, 50% new water was treated Hi again, yes lost him today not good. Thanks again for more advice!

Hi all We have a 60 ltr tank that had 4 rummy nose tetra and a coolie loach. Following a substrate change last week, the water has suffered a bacteria bloom and we've lost the fish (discussed on a seperate post and deemed most likely cause to be stress because all levels are OK and we were very...

Yes, thanks mate appreciate your help

Didn't clean the filter on purpose, agree with you on the cause of the bloom and probably cause of death - stress. Thanks for advice. Thanks for your advice

No, I left the filters alone on purpose but never wash them in tap water when I do clean them. I have added tap water conditioner when filling up the tank also. Tank has been running over 3 years before the substrate change, 3 days since the change now No live plants and internal filter being...

Hi deftuch, thanks for the reply. I took the fish out while the substrate was changed and when replacing them the water was perfectly clear. The bloom appeared 24 hours after putting the fish back in, I'm guessing there just wasn't enough good bacteria to fight the bad and the tank is going...

Hi all - we have a 60 x 30 x 30 tropical tank that had 4 rummy nose tetra and a coolie loach. Three days ago we changed the substrate and took great care doing it, following instructions from other posts on this subject. Yesterday, we got a cloudy tank, suspect a bacteria bloom and checked...