HELP!

[Michaela521]

Hi all,

I just bought a 36 gallon acrylic fish tank with a bow front. I used to have a smaller 20 gallon glass tank but decided to get a larger acrylic one. Question is I set it up and everything but for some reason about a week or 2 after setup the water is cloudy. What is happening. I have 2 filters running in there capable of handling 20 gallons each. That should be sufficient for filtering it. I don't know why it is so cloudy. Can anybody help. Thanks

 

[JAWS69]

Did you rinse the gravel real good before you put it in the tank?

Did you use soap to wash anything?

 

[homebunnyj]

Is it a whitish cloudiness, kinda milky-looking? If so, it could be a bacterial bloom, which is a very good thing. If this is what it is, leave it alone and it will pass.

 

[Michaela521]

Thank you very much for the replies. It milky white in color. It is most likely a bacteria bloom starting up in there and so I should give it some time to settle. I never knew that new tanks go through a bacteria bloom. Will this happen every single time I replace old water with new. I don't recall this ever happening with my old tank. I didn't wash the gravel though before I put it in and I never used soap. Thanks for all the help again.