Cloudy Water??

[TextureFish]

Hi, recently I've been given a 35 Gallon fish tank, and I just set it up last night. The water was clear last night but I had my heater on and I think it was pretty high to wake up with a really warm fish tank. There are no fish inside and it's cloudy! I don't know why it's Cloudy, and how to fix this. Is it possible that my heater made the water temporary cloudy? What causes cloudiness?

 

[anshuman]

how long was the water in? is this just a planted fishtank? is this tank cycled? did you recently add anything to this tank? when was the water changed last time and how much?

whats your basic worry btw if there are no fish?

Bacteria bloom makes water white, this happens when lots of new water is added.
Ammonia spike makes water cloudy, this happens when fish die and it rots at the bottom
uneaten fish food will cause water to go bad and it can turn white if not water change is not done.

 

[OrangeCones]

If the tank was just set up and you added gravel, its likely dust that is in the gravel. It will settle to the bottom over time, or if you are running a filter, the filter media will trap it.

The heater would not make the water cloudy.

 

[Newman]

I agree that it's just the gravel sediment. run your filter and put some filter floss in there. replace the filter floss daily until your tank clears up

 

[OrangeCones]

I usually wrap my filter pad in a coffee filter. Helps trap the small particles without clogging up my filter pad when starting.

 

[sparky0413]

I read in another thread not to use TAP WATER when doing a water change, what would you recommend, distilled water ?, or a bottled water like, Poland Spring or Aquafina>(Aquafina says "purifed water" on the label..is that better)?

 

[Flowmsp]

Tap water is perfectly fine AS long as you use a water conditioner such as Prime or another brand. RO water is used by a lot too, but the price of an RO unit is a little high.

 

[anshuman]

EDIT: lolz, i thought someone replied to my old thread of cloudy water, hahah. need to take break before replying.

 

[sparky0413]

This is the color of my water now.. any suggestions ????????????

 

[sparky0413]

ifwe are doing a water change, does anyone think its a good idea, to have a 2nd tank on hand, to put the fishies in, so that we can do a good gravel clean to the main tank ?we now have a gravel vacuum.
cuz the last time we did a water change,while they were in the tank, we removed a piece of fake coral and all kinds of undisolved food came up from beneath the gravel and we were scared to deatht that our fishies were gonna choke untill it all settled down

 

[OrangeCones]

What fish are in there? What are the readings for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate?