New aquarium issue

[Niconeonfish]

I started two days ago with my aquarium but no my water is not clear anymore but becomes green.
What does I need to do?
Will this go away by itself?

 

[ClownLurch]

Hello good evening and welcome.

Did you rinse your sand thoroughly?

I did my small tank last week with sand that had been rinsed three months ago then rinsed again prior to going into tank. It was perfectly clear for a day then went cloudy over night. It took another two days to clear up.

Best of luck.

 

[Retired Viking]

It is not unusual for a new tank in become cloudy for a few days. It is a bacteria bloom that occurs and when the bacteria is done it will clear up as @ClownLurch correctly stated. If you are getting an algae bloom (green) that means you have too much light and/or too much nutrients in the water or both. If you cut back on the amount of light-intensity or time and cut back on the amount of fertilizer or food you feed you fish this will help along with weekly large water changes of 50% or more.

 

[Niconeonfish]

It is not unusual for a new tank in become cloudy for a few days. It is a bacteria bloom that occurs and when the bacteria is done it will clear up as @ClownLurch correctly stated. If you are getting an algae bloom (green) that means you have too much light and/or too much nutrients in the water or both. If you cut back on the amount of light-intensity or time and cut back on the amount of fertilizer or food you feed you fish this will help along with weekly large water changes of 50% or more.

There are no fish in the tank, but I will turn of the light more.

 

[Niconeonfish]

Hello good evening and welcome.

Did you rinse your sand thoroughly?

I did my small tank last week with sand that had been rinsed three months ago then rinsed again prior to going into tank. It was perfectly clear for a day then went cloudy over night. It took another two days to clear up.

Best of luck.

Hi, there is no sand in it. It's special ground with ar the plants, the shop where I bought it and bag says you don't need to wash it. Do you know if it is because the airflow is running?

 

[Retired Viking]

It may be that the soil you have is releasing to much nutrients into the water causing the algae. Fast growing floating plants like frogbite can help and also doing water changes to reduce the nutrients. I do not use soil since in time it wears out. I use plant tabs for my rooted plants.

 

[Niconeonfish]

What is the best thing to do know?
Wait a few days.
Empty my aquarium and restart.
Buy some fast growing plants.

 

[AtomicFish]

To me most tanks will get cloudy and clear up with time it looks like new tank syndrome it takes time for good bacteria to build up. you need to follow the nitrogen cycle before adding any fish to the tank.

 

[vanalisa]

Nice tank.
I can't wait until the water clears, looks like some nice wood!

 

[AilyNC]

Looks like a lovely Aquascape. I'd leave the water a few days and see does it clear up. If not do a big water change.