Cleaned My Mum's 50 Litre Tank Yesterday.......

[Angel98]

vacumed all the gravel, did a water change and i also took the filter out and cleaned it in the water that came out the tank then put it all back and the water went really cloudy, i thought it might of cleared up overnight but its still cloudy! Do you think my filter has broken or does it take a while to clear? Thanks

 

[Miss Wiggle]

check the water levels for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate, there's many things that can cause cloudy water, first thing to check is that you've not cleaned the filter too thoroughly and started a mini cycle.

 

[Angel98]

check the water levels for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate, there's many things that can cause cloudy water, first thing to check is that you've not cleaned the filter too thoroughly and started a mini cycle.

Oh i hope i havent! I just put it in the bucket and sqeezed it and gentley sweeped a toothbrush over it. Not 2 much though! I will check the water stats in a little while.

 

[Angel98]

Just done the tests.

Ammonia - 0ppm

Nitrite - 0ppm

Nitrate - 5/10ppm

 

[Miss Wiggle]

good start!

has the cloudiness cleared up now or is it still there?

some of our filters when we re-start them will spit out a load of muck into the tank which can cloud up the water, but should clear again shortly afterwards so it could be just that.

cloudy water can be a sort of algae or bacterial bloom as well

 

[Angel98]

Thanks Miss Wiggle my mum has just said its clearing slowly, she put some filter aid in lastnite to dont know if that should help.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

not sure what filter aid is tbh so know idea if it's helping!!

but if the fish are ok, water stats are ok and it's startuing to clear then don't worry it's probably just the filter spitting out some muck as it restarted

 

[Angel98]

Excellent. Thanks for your help

 

[vinylman]

There's no need to add anything to tankwater except dechlorinator at water changes.