HUGE MAJOR PROBLEM

[Abercrombie6202]

I have a tank. I have a 5 gallon eclipse tank to be exact.
I ahve one piece of driftwood in there and the wtaer is always cloudy!!!

I have 4 dwar puffers 3/4 inch each, 1 1.5 inch CAE, and a 1/2 inch bumbleebee goby!!
Oh and 4 little ghsot shrimp!!

is it over crowded?

Know how to clean tnak?

I have a huge algae problem

 

[NTidd]

Yes, overcrowded. Need more info on stuff...

-How often do you do water changes
-Did the water get cloudy when you added the driftwood
-What are the readings
-How long has the tank been setup

 

[Abercrombie6202]

1. I do water changes once a week
2.no, it's cleared now did a 80% water change
3. ammo0nia=0 Nitrite=0 pjh=6.5-7.0
4.2 months

 

[Pooky125]

What were the stats befre you changed the water, you are VERY overstocked. Puffers eat alot, therefore pooing alot! Bumble bee gobies do best in brackish water, CAE's get far to big, and aggressive for a 5 gallon tank, and your ghost shrimp will probably end up being a snack some day. What kind of a cloudy is it? A milky cloudy? A green cloudy?> or a brown cloudy?

 

[Abercrombie6202]

The stats were 0 and 0 befor ei did the water change who is that stupid to check after?
Everyone tells me not to worry about ph, so i'm not going to worry about it. The CAE is going to be traded every time it gets to big, my puffers only eat 1 time a day, there very small that cna';t poop mroe than a bigger fish, can they?

it was a brown cloudy

 

[Magician2899]

Who tells you not to worry about ph? I shouldn't be to hard and/or to low, and you shouldn't worry about it as long as it is STABLE, if it's bouncing around you've got problems.

 

[Synapse]

Doesn't your puffer get kinda agressif being feed only ounce a day? 4 in a 5 gallon.. ought to be densly planted not to get them in mutuel fights... or I am wrong?

 

[NTidd]

It may be the only reason why your water is clear now is because you just changed almost all of it with clear water...

 

[Abercrombie6202]

MY puffers are never aggresive to ehacother i'v enoticed the bumbleebee goby though attackes the puffers

 

[Pooky125]

brown cloudy means to me atleast they your tank is so over stocked, your filter cant keep up, there for, the fish poo is spilling over the tank, creating a big brown cloud...

 

[niki090909]

overstocked is probably part of it, but i still think its your drift wood adding to the problem, just my opinion.

One way to find out is to take it out for a few weeks. See if things clear up

 

[Paul]

Over crowding and the driftwood that would be my guess. Tanic acid in the driftwood would account for the brown coloration and the cloudness is from the puffers. Even if you only feed them once a day they are still messy fish, like goldies. Try doing a 5% water change daily and see how that goes.

 

[Abercrombie6202]

I noticed when i took out the old filter it was all brown and algae like it was disgusting it was baout 2.5 months old! I thought it said i didn't have to change it LOL, but then i figured out it jsut said don't chnage the bio-wheel

Could that be aprt ofthe reason

 

[NTidd]

... 366 posts later...

 

[ryanjcalifornia]

ZING! good one Ntidd...<high five> heheh

 

[NTidd]

hehe....