Cloudy tank????

[Ashkay]

So, I’ve have 2 tanks one 20 gallon one 13 gallon. I’ve had issues with my tank getting cloudy I’m the beginning of my fish journey. I’ve had tanks about 2 years and all of a sudden last night I noticed my 20 gallon tank is a little cloudy. I don’t know what could’ve caused this?? I did a partial water change yesterday but that is my normal routine and I’ve never had issues with this in a looooong time?? Any thoughts?? The one with the white angel fish that is the clear tank.

 

[I Like Rare Fish]

We need stock, filter, etc. Angelfish need atleast a 50g. Water change schedule? Weekly? How much? 50%? Do you use water conditioner? Do you have well water?

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

So, I’ve have 2 tanks one 20 gallon one 13 gallon. I’ve had issues with my tank getting cloudy I’m the beginning of my fish journey. I’ve had tanks about 2 years and all of a sudden last night I noticed my 20 gallon tank is a little cloudy. I don’t know what could’ve caused this?? I did a partial water change yesterday but that is my normal routine and I’ve never had issues with this in a looooong time?? Any thoughts?? The one with the white angel fish that is the clear tank.

Bacterial bloom? Cause as yet unknown.

 

[Naughts]

If you rinsed the filter media in chlorinated water there will be some beneficial bacteria that die, hence a bacterial bloom whilst the BB repopulate. Rinse filter media in old tank water.

 

[Colin_T]

Green cloudy water is caused by an algal bloom.

Milky white cloudy water is caused by a bacterial bloom, which occurs in new tanks when too much food is left on the bottom of the tank.

Reduce feeding to once every couple of days, and do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate every day for 1-2 weeks.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.

 

[Corypower]

I actually disagree I treated this by just letting the new algae die off and no water change because that provides new nutrients

 

[ThatFishGirl6231]

i dont know what caused cloudiness, i know that angels need at least 50g. if youre going to have a tank that small, you should at least have multiple live plants

 

[Corypower]

i dont know what caused cloudiness, i know that angels need at least 50g. if youre going to have a tank that small, you should at least have multiple live plants

That tank is so small plants wouldn’t help much if at all