Fish tank prob

blahblah06 · 12-09-2005 2:45pm #1

well within the last week the water has turned a murky yellow colour and ive lost two fish. I dont know what to do now. ive changed the water but it just comes back. any ideas

Arcadian · 12-09-2005 8:53pm

Some more info would help. How long is the tank running? What are your stocking levels? What sort of decor?

The water discolouration could simply be staining from bogwood if you have any.

blahblah06 · 13-09-2005 6:13am

Hi mate. have the tank 4 months now. Decor is just a castle and two plastic plants.

cichlid child · 13-09-2005 8:29am

blahblah06 wrote:

well within the last week the water has turned a murky yellow colour and ive lost two fish. I dont know what to do now. ive changed the water but it just comes back. any ideas

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make sure your filter is ok this happens if it is only a new filter also.

blahblah06 · 13-09-2005 8:35am

hi ya the filter is fine. full power and what not. just very odd. the only thing in the fluval 3 + filter is the white part in the middle is dirty how often does this need to be replaced and cud that be the prob

cichlid child · 13-09-2005 8:41am

If by the white part you mean the sponges.I only change mine every 2 years or so but clean them with tank water every 2 months(approx). could it be an algage problem?

blahblah06 · 13-09-2005 8:47am

Whats that exactly mate. i have all the liquds and they havent worked at all. could i be changing thw ater to much? one bucket every saturday ?

cichlid child · 13-09-2005 8:59am

no depending on the size of the tank 1 bucket*1 a week should be fine.I change about 20% of the water every week.If you have alot of algage(spelling) in the tank it can turn the water a brawn shade

blahblah06 · 13-09-2005 9:06am

its really a pure yellow colour. my head is stumped on this one

cichlid child · 13-09-2005 9:22am

I am not sure what else you could do. i would change all the water/gravel clean filter etc .I could lend you a small tank to hold your fish while you work on your own or i could take the fish for a while while your filter settles once they were not tropical marine fish.

LegacyUser · 13-09-2005 5:12pm

Is the gravel new? Did you aggitate the gravel when cleaning it or something. I had red gravel once .. and it made the water red.

Also, are you sure you didn't have visitors dump their tea in there?

brettmirl · 15-09-2005 9:54am

I had a prob like that before but i changed my plastic plants for real ones and got two small loaches and a small cat fish to help keep the tank clean. Was getting an algae build up on the glass and the water was murky. Not any more!!!!

blahblah06 · 16-09-2005 6:40pm

Hi Child thanks for the offer mate i appreciate that. i bought some cat fish and it seems to be working. doesnt look as bad. ill keep use updated

Fish tank prob

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