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Cloudy Water, Algae

Algae control

Sat, 09/03/2011 - 17:45 — Broncomaniac

I've never been fond of Pink Kissing Gouramis. I owned a pair that fought endlessly and never ate in my presence. I studied up on them and concluded that they were exceptionally poor choices for fish-keeping because their natural diet is almost exclusively algae, something I don't have in abundance. They were quite large at 6 years of age and not much to look at. I donated them to my doctor's office aquarium, a huge tank where algae runs rampant.

New Tank

Sun, 05/22/2011 - 13:38 — amandaxil9098

I am trying to set up my new bigger tank for my parrots and other fish.  We washed the new stones thoroughly and filled up, put the new filter in, added the filter aid and it was nice and clear for about a day.  However, just before we were about to add the fish, it went really cloudy.  We have done some water changes, but it is still cloudy.  We are desperate to add our parrots to their new home but obviously it needs to be clear first.  Any ideas ?

 

Thanks.

Cloudy Water/Fish losing their bright color

Thu, 03/10/2011 - 00:42 — linnyb

Hello everyone!

algae

Sat, 01/29/2011 - 21:28 — Jelliott9995

I was looking atmy tank recently and i noticed that there was tan/brown algae growing on my plants and caves and i was just wondering if this was good or harmful and what i should do

Cloudy Water

Wed, 12/01/2010 - 15:39 — JerEgg

Let me start this off by saying I am not a novice when it comes to aquariums but I am stumped!!  I have a 46 gal aquarium with 3 small BPs in it.  Previously this was my fancy goldfish tank but I got tired of cleaning all the time.  I sold the goldfish, let the tank cycle for 2 weeks before I put the new fish in.  I did not remove all the water and start over with the tank, just removed 23% when I vacuamed the gravel.  The tank was clear for the first two weeks of having the BPs but now it is cloudy and I cannot get it clear.  I have done another partial water

Dying Parrot Rebounds after Ick treatment

Sat, 09/11/2010 - 00:51 — DBubeck

Yeah!  I chose to 'not freeze' but try Ick treatment, Quick Cure, as I had nothing to lose.   Didn't think Leo would make it very much longer.  Within 3 hours he was swimming as usual, think he even started eating blood worms.

Fish store insists to not go over 82 degrees in the tank and to be honest am leery of going higher.'

Thanks to all who responded.  Leo is alive and kicking at 10 years..................it wasn't old age, just ick.

Algae Control

Tue, 07/06/2010 - 19:31 — SashaSavvage

Okay so ive been reading up on algae control..but i have a quaestion of my own

Those "Algae Buddies" tablets are they worth it in a parrot tank? Ive used them before in my goldfish tank and it worked wonders but im a little afraid to drop them in with Sid and Nancy. Please let me know what you think, Thank you tremendously!!

Sasha

Cloudy Tank & Fish Video

Mon, 05/24/2010 - 22:33 — violette
Hey guys,
    So since I moved all of my cichlids into my 55, and moved the goldfish out- the tank has gotten pretty cloudy. All of the water tests are ok, except the amonia is at 2. I did a 25% water change a few days ago, and added some bio-clear? to the tank two days ago. It is still pretty cloudy. I'm guessing that it is going through another cycle of sorts? Any thoughts or advice would be great!

help on tank

Mon, 04/26/2010 - 07:24 — amhome

please help... my tank have many kinda white tiny worm stick arount the glass, how am i get rid of them, my tank is about 120gl and i changed water 40gl every two week, clean filter every 2days..

Had to Blanket My Tank

Fri, 04/16/2010 - 21:44 — g_good

It is Friday. I put a blanket over my tank&will remove it on Monday. The bottom&live plants are covered with it, but my pleco remains on the glass.

The water tests well. I have followed advice from other members. ( block all natural light, introduce CO2., etc. ) Nothing works.  Can anyone tell me what the problem might be ? I'm sure the algae will be gone Monday, but if it comes back I'll have little choice. In addition to my weekly wated change, I'll have to vaccuum the algae off the bottom everyday.

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