Whats Happened To My Water?

[julia298]

Hi
Got up this morning and waters gone a bit cloudy.

Have tested water ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 5, ph 7.4.

A few things gone on in last week or so:

*I treated for fungus with protozin. when i realised i should have been treating for columnaris got some interpret finrot & fungus control. Did 20% water change & 2 days lapsed between treatments.
*Turned temp down from 26 to 24 (now 25c).
*Have added an air line.
*Also took bog wood out and gave it a good clean.
*Tried feedingthem peas for the 1st time???

 

[julia298]

Hi
Got up this morning and waters gone a bit cloudy.

Have tested water ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 5, ph 7.4.

A few things gone on in last week or so:

*I treated for fungus with protozin. when i realised i should have been treating for columnaris got some interpret finrot & fungus control. Did 20% water change & 2 days lapsed between treatments.
*Turned temp down from 26 to 24 (now 25c).
*Have added an air line.
*Also took bog wood out and gave it a good clean.
*Tried feedingthem peas for the 1st time???

[bumped]
any ideas ? any would be appreciated

 

[BigC]

Everything seems fine apart from the meds you have been administering Keep up your weekly water change of around 1/3 of the tank water. and observe your tank inhabitants for any signs of stress. It my just be a chemical imbalance caused by your meds.
Its a worrying factor that many of the forum are using meds for every possible fish diesease out there. It's like a doctor surgery nowdays in the hobby.

 

[reg2k2]

The med's may have reduced you bacteria-count, and they're trying to play catch-up. Rinsing the wood may have, too...tho not by much.
Bacterial bloom not harmful in itself, keep an eye on the readings, tho.

 

[WILDER]

Water does go cloudy with meds sometimes, are you running an airstone for extra aeration.

 

[paulthegreat]

It could also be an algea bloom. Keep the lighting to 10-12 hours a day and avoid direct sun. If there is direct sun falling on the tank you can cover it with a towel when you are not there.

 

[consp]

Could also be a bacteria boom. What colour is the water? If it is a milky colour then it's likely that it is. If this is the case just carry on as normal as increasing your water changes will make it worse. I got rid of mine by just keeping up my usual regeime along with cutting down on feeding a bit.

Like paulthegreat says it could also be a algae bloom. If the cloud is a yellowish/greenish colour than I'd vote algae.

Hope this helps.

 

[julia298]

thanks everyone for all the info.

The water is only slightly cloudy, a whitish colour, but my water is always really clear.

Yes airpump in there.
I leave my lights on 5 hrs then 3 hr siesta then 5 hours on again.

It could make things worse to do a water change? Its not really that bad, so you advise me to leave it alone for a while to see if it just settles down?

 

[consp]

Yeah, thats what I'd do. It should sort itself out eventually. You don't want to disrupt the balance any more by doing super big & frequent water changes.

Hope it sorts itself out for you soon

 

[WILDER]

It's the med it knocks the bacteria colony sligtly causing it to look abit cloudy, just hang in there, i wouldn't do a water change if stats are ok, good luck.