hello ppz

[akhtar]

i just re-decorated my tank coz all it had was a plant and some gravel, no it has pebbles, rocks plants and a lil tunnel for the fish to go through!

so i realized the water had gone cloudy, i think it was from me stiring all the waste from the bottom, oh and i also got siphone to, but it was too big for the tank, its a funny type, not a normal siphone, so im gonna return tht soon
oh well

oh yeah whats the cloudy water from , and i wasnt dumb i tested the rockes and i left them in a container to see if any dirt was still on it

so please reply

 

[MAM]

it could be a number of things. algae bloom, tank went into a re-cycle, or it could just be from stirring things up. if you completely removed the gravel and replaced with pebbles, you removed a lot of the beneficial bacteria that was in the gravel (ie. the possibility of re-cycle), or you could have just sent a lto of stuff into the water (happens when i move out a small bit of hte old gravel to put in new, i'm slowly changing out my old black gravel with natural)

 

[kev]

I'd go for just the muck from the gravel being stirred up. When my Syphone wasn't working to scratch and I moved my pebbles it made the water really cloudy - I couldn't see the back of the tank.

i just let it settle back down and everything was OK - It took 3-4 hour to get back as clear though!

 

[akhtar]

if you completely removed the gravel and replaced with pebbles, you removed a lot of the beneficial bacteria that was in the gravel

i didnt remove any gravel, i only added 4 little pebbles to add colour, thanks for the help, ill see what happens tmorrow!

and hey kev, woah u couldnt even see the back
!!!! mines just a little bit cloudy

thanks!

ill send back any needed info!

 

[MAM]

in that case , you just stirred stuff up. it may take a day to settle.

 

[akhtar]

thanks M.A.M

 

[kev]

Is it all back to normal now?

 

[akhtar]

yeah its back to normal wo hoooo, thanks ppl !! )