Tank help

[meatball]

I have a 10 gallon saltwater tank. I have two damsels, acouple of star fish, crabs and turbo snails. and one shrimp. I got a new pump/filter for it about 2 weeks ago. the tank is sooo cloudy, i tried this stuff from the pet store and that did not work. Does anyone have any sugestion?

 

[1979camaro]

well, a good starting point would be a bit more information:

1) what kind of pump/filter are you using?

2) do you have any live rock?

3) what does the cloudyness look like? algae bloom? milky? sandy?

4) what is this "stuff" you tried?

 

[meatball]

peguin bio-wheel 100, no live rock, it is just foggt in the tank, not much algee, stuff i used is called Crystal Clear

 

[fish outa wata]

how long has this tank been setup?

 

[Pure]

Seeing as you put a new filter on and do not have any live rock I would bet the house you are seeing a bacteria bloom. Monitor your ammonia and nitrite leave as you may see some traces of them. Nothing you can do other than wait will help it to clear up. In time it will go away on it's own.

 

[SALTY WATERS]

In the meantime until you find the reason for this, you can run some Carbon in the filter and that should help clear the water a little

 

[meatball]

now my tank is a green cloudy color.

 

[meatball]

how long has this tank been setup?

for about 1 yr, but put a new pump on it about 2 weeks ago

 

[wayne]

How often do you do water changes. frankly it sounds like it's a bit dirty, and you're getting a p.i.t.b. algae bloom.

 

[meatball]

i have never donw a water change, did not know i had to do that.

 

[wayne]

I find that a little hard to belive, but assuming you are not trolling, when fish urinate where do you think that goes? Fish wastes do not generally disappear into thin air.
Normally I would say change 10% or a gallon or two a week, but I tihnk you might want to do a bit mroe than that. Do you buy or make your own salt water. I would be tempted to take 5 gallons fmor the tank, and then put 5 gallons of new water in , one gallon every hour.

 

[aresgod]

wow, you are in trouble...start doing a major water change asap, and then do routine ones.

 

[SALTY WATERS]

WOW... There is your problem!

I would do 2 consectutive 50% water changes;

Step #1: Do as Wayne stated drain half your tank then add in the new SW in incraments(make sure the SW is the same temp/salinity/Ph), then once your tank is filled 100% let it sit for a few hours

Step #2: Repeat step one

This will actuall give you a total of 75% water changed
Step #1 removes 50% old water and adds 50% new = 50% old & 50% new water in the tank
Step #2 removes 50%(25% old + 25% new) and adds 50% new= 25% old & 75% new water in tank

*** As well run some carbon in your filtration

 

[cinlnk]

i have never donw a water change, did not know i had to do that.

Oh My God!!! How could you NOT know? I am surprised the fish are still alive...
The advice given above is excellent...... Hoping that your fish could withstand the SHOCK of a water change. They are prolly suspended in sludge, instead of water!!!!!

 

[fish outa wata]

all the suggestions are great. I was wondering if the livestock listed above is all orignal from the start of the tank a year ago. If so than you must have the most hardy fish(especially the stars) ever.