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need help with cloudy water

Discussion in 'Aquarium Equipment & Decor' started by Anonymous, Aug 2, 2008.

  1. Anonymous

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    Water Cloudiness

    Anyone have any advice on how to clear up the cloudiness in my water? I cant seem to clear it up all the way....
     
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  2. Anthony

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    What food are you feeding and how often ?
     
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    I am using flake sometime or pellets or lettuce like 3 times a day....
     
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    When you feed the flake and pellets how long does it take them to eat the food you put in ?
     
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    I usually put a little in at a time so they can get it all before it sinks to the bottom.....I have a bunch of bottom feeders though so I dont know what the deal is.....
     
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    This is a cichlid tank, correct ?

    What brand of food are you feeding ? That itself could very well be the problem.

    I'd also cut back to feeding once a day and fasting the tank once a week though.
     
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  7. Anonymous

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    Yeah it's a cichlid tank....I feed them Cichlid Attack....and Cichlid Omni Formula
     
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    Cichlid Attack is known to cloud the water. I'm switch to a higher quality food like Hikari Bio Gold
     
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    Yeah, I agree.
     
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    That could be it....I just recently switched to it and now it has been cloudy ever since....
     
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    Try not feeding that and do a large water change. See how that goes for about a week.
     
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  12. Anonymous

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    Just empty out about half the water in the tank and refill it with regular tap water?
     
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