Ready to give up

[Tracy83]

Hi ,, everytime I clean my tank , it ends up super cloudy ,, like a white cloud and I can barely see my fish ,, my water is to soft as I discovered yesterday ,, I dont want to keep changing water ,, I have put alot of time money and effort onto the tank , fish , supplies ,, but just feel totally drained with it all ,, I'm considering just giving up ,, please help will this water kill the fish x

 

[PheonixKingZ]

What are you water parameters? (pH, GH and KH)

White water usually indicates a bacteria bloom.

 

[RowdyBub50]

The first question is going to be what are your test results? Ammonia level, nitrite, nitrate, etc.

 

[Tracy83]

Ph is 7.5 ,, showing 0 for nitrites ,, what is GH and KH x

 

[Colin_T]

pictures of the cloudy water?

what sort of substrate/ gravel is on the bottom of the tank?

do you use a gravel cleaner when you do a water change?

 

[Tracy83]

I have like small stones and big stones and a bit of sand in bottom ,, yeah I clean gravel with a siphon cleaner hoover like thing x

 

[PhantomCarp]

What type of fish are in the tank?

I have like small stones and big stones and a bit of sand in bottom ,, yeah I clean gravel with a siphon cleaner hoover like thing x

 

[Tracy83]

Guppys ,, swordtails ,, pleco ,, albino shark and molly

 

[PhantomCarp]

Guppys ,, swordtails ,, pleco ,, albino shark and molly

The stock is fine, if it is getting direct sunlight from the window try to move it and if not maybe you have your tank light on to long every day

 

[RowdyBub50]

I'd vacuum the substrate thoroughly, do a 50% water change and cut back on feeding. This is very cloudy, make sure you don't have a dead fish. If no dead fish you might be over feeding which will feed the bact bloom. Cut off its food and it should clear up.

 

[seangee]

If your water is soft (and that is likely in much of Yorkshire) livebearers such as swordtails, guppies and mollies will not do well as they need hard water.

 

[Essjay]

We established in another thread that the hardness (GH) is around 30 ppm, or between 1 and 2 dH.

And the tank contains guppies, platies, swordtails, a plec and 2 frogs.

Guppy pregnant

Hi my guppy had babys 19 days ago ,, she is huge again and hanging around heater ,, her gravid spot is very dark (black) and big ,, do u think she could have babys after only 19 days ,, and if so could the new fry be kept with the fry that are 19 days old, thanks in advance x

www.fishforums.net

Ways to 'harden' the water have been suggested.

 

[Naughts]

I'm sorry that you are so frustrated with it.
From looking at the link provided by @essjay to your other thread it would seem that the tank is going through another cycle due to the new filter and the cloudy water is from a bacterial bloom. The good news is that this should stop within a few weeks as the filter develops the beneficial bacteria to process the ammonia.
I recommend that you don't clean the filter or filter media for 2-4 weeks and cut back feeding to a small amount every other day.
It also looks like your test kit doesn't test for ammonia so I advise that you get an ammonia test kit to keep the fish safe whilst the tank is re-cycling.
I couldn't find the size of your tank anywhere? If it is overstocked it will be harder to establish a cycle.

Keep with it, once you have an established tank you will see the rewards.

 

[Retired Viking]

You may want to consider adding some fast growing floating plants like hornwort, moneywort, pennywort, water sprite and anacharis. these you can also plant if you wish. Frog bite is another plant that just floats. They absorb ammonia at a higher rate and will help improve the quality of your water. Or If you cycle is broken you may want to add Tetra SafeStart plus to help reestablish your bacteria and jump start the tank.

 

[Tracy83]

Thankyou everyone ,, the water seems to be a whole lot better this morning (wouldn't say super clear but I can see everything in tank) the fish seem quite happy (thank goodness),, I'm going to look at hardening the water ,, my local fish shop only opens Friday-Sunday at the moment ,, I did add tetra safe start plus and did a small water change yesterday x