Cloudy Water...can U Tell Me Whats Wrong?

[Ricky Savage]

i have my 45 gal, 36"x18x16 and the water is pretty cloudy...it has about 10 live plants, 2 inches of silica sand. The stocking list is in my sig. its been running for a total of 3 months now...and ive tried that treatment that gets rid of cloudy water but it hasnt seemed to have worked...does anybody else know any remedies for cloudy water....oh yeah it runs with a AC 50 and AC 30 filters...so its definatly not the filtration cuz theres double the needed amount and I do a 15% water change every two days because the cats poop alot. would the large peice of driftwood maybe cause cloudy water?
thanks

 

[Miss Wiggle]

hmmm cloudy water is often associated with things like bacteria blooms, what are your stats for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate? have you recently added anything new to the tank?

 

[LouiseRat]

our tanks were getting cloudy due to overfeeding so maybe cut back on their food a little , as miss wiggle said it could also be a bacterial bloom which are quite common .

 

[Ricky Savage]

ammonia is always low, as per the fruequent water changes...i dont have any nitrate or nitrite test kits tho...after watching the tank today i think its from the Dojo's constant movement disturbing the debris from the bottom, and it could also be because they are all messy eaters...maybe i will cut down from 3 feedings a day to two

 

[Miss Wiggle]

ammonia is always low, as per the fruequent water changes...i dont have any nitrate or nitrite test kits tho...after watching the tank today i think its from the Dojo's constant movement disturbing the debris from the bottom, and it could also be because they are all messy eaters...maybe i will cut down from 3 feedings a day to two

3 feedings a day!!


yeah i reckon overfeeding then! we feed once a day and make sure they have 1 day off a week