Trigon 190

[DALES69]

Hello All,

I new to all of this so need a bit of advice.

Ive got a trigon190 corner tank.

I set up the filter, cleaned and put in the stones, and filled with water. I put in the chemical to adjust the tap water but have put in too much. The tank went cloudy and has been like that for nearly a week.

Will the tank clear or am i better emptying and starting again?

Apprecaite any help!!


Dale

 

[fluttermoth]

Hi there Dale, welcome to the forum.

What you're experiencing is called a 'bacterial bloom'; it's just opportunistic bacteria taking advantage of the new environment. It will clear up on it's own, or you can do a few very large water changes. Don't strip the tank right down and clean everything; it'll just come back.

I should point out that just letting a tank run will not prepare it for fish. You need to be adding a source of ammonia to encourage the good bacteria to grow in your filter, that later on will eat the fish's wastes or you. This is called a 'fishless cycle', and there is more information in our beginner's resource centre; the link for that is in my sig

 

[DALES69]

Thanks Emo Kid - appreciate the advice. So there is a not problem because i put too much of the tap water convertor in? I'm pleased you mentioned about adding ammonia. The shop where i bought the tank just said put the convertor in, leave it a week and them add the fish!

 

[fluttermoth]

You're very welcome (it's Fluttermoth, btw )

Shops never tell people about fishless cycling; I think they think it will put people off, and it's more money for them if people do fish-in cycles (where the fish themselves provide the ammonia) as a lot of fish die or get sick, and they can sell people more fish + medicines for the 'diseases' (which are really caused by poor water quality).

What exactly is this 'tap water converter'? If it's a dechlorinator (remove chlorine and heavy metals, makes water safe for fish) then you can't really overdose on it and it wouldn't make your water cloudy. If it's something else, like a pH adjuster, then that could possibly cloud your water, but it's far more likely to be a bacterial bloom; they're almost ubiquitous in newly set up tanks.

 

[DALES69]

Sorry Fluttermouth!!

Its Nutrafin - ""makes water safe for fish" - this is the only thing i have put in the water, but it is very cloudy!

I will check i what i new to do on your beginners course...

Thanks for your help again!!