Huge White Cloud

[Noobyfish]

At first I was hesitant to put this under emrgencies but I finally decied to.

MY tank has nothing in it other than; substrate (pea gravel and laterite) heater, filter, and thermometer. All brand new.

My tank was perfectly fine until about 30 hours after setup with water.

A white cloud began to develop.

Came home from school, white cloud 2 times as bad, cannot see lenghtwise across aquarium, soon cannot see background.

I classify this as an emergency as my whole top floor of house is starting to stink. There will be real problems because I cannot open windows due to A/C and family going to be real mad if cannot have A/C cause of my aquarium. They were skeptical about getting one to begin with. Now this huge cloud just proves them right.

 

[Sheridanp]

Did you wash the substrate? You should take it out and give it a good rinse in a bucket until the bucket is crystal clear. I believe cloudiness is normal in a new tank. My 10 gallon was cloudy for about 5 days but now it's crystal clear. Do a big water change if you have washed your gravel and see how it goes.

 

[ArielC]

i agree with sheridanp. Make a water change, and you could also try for some Crystal Clear which has worked wonders for me before. Its in a little bottle with an orange cap. : / good luck.

 

[Sheridanp]

Whoa, I have that Crystal Clear stuff. It doesn't work too good for me though.