Cloudy Aquarium after ammonia removal?
by Aquaboy on Saturday, July 10th, 2010 | 3 Comments
I have a filtered and heated 10 gallon with a betta on one side of the divider and a juvenile dwarf puffer on the other side with some ghost shrimp.
I did a 30 percent water change on Monday, and yesterday my ammonia was around a whopping 2.0. I hurriedly made my way to wal-mart, and purchased Jungle Ammonia Clear Tank Buddies. They are white tablets that fizz up and remove ammonia.
The direction said use one tab per 10 gallons, and two if the ammonia is very high, so I used two.
Today the tank is COMPLETELY clouded over, and the ammonia is 0.
What is going on? The tank cycled for 3 weeks before I added the fish.
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think the ammonia clearer effected the water and made it cloudy maybe need 2 do another water change?
Most “ammonia removers” don’t actually soak up or remove ammonia, they turn it into a less harmful Nitrite. The Nitrite that is now in your water (not as bad as ammonia, but still not good) will increase a bacterial reaction. Nitrite is easier for bacteria to rid the tank of than ammonia is. The bacteria will eat through the nitrite that is clouding your water. Give it a few days and keep an eye on fish!
First off, the tank was not cycled, you just ran it empty for 2 weeks, big difference.
Now Jungle Labs dont seem to be very specific as to what is in their Ammonia Clear, but looking at the MSDS indicates it has nothing dangerous and breaks down into Sulphate. So I suspect it contains Sodium Thiosulphate, which reacts with Chlorine and Ammonia and is commonly used as a water condtioner for aquariums. So chances are it’s does no harm.
But now you have a fish dumping ammonia into the tank, you are affectivley starting the cycle process.
Just do some extra water changes, that will clear the cloudyness and control the ammonia level.
It may take a couple of weeks for the task to settle down, but a single betta should be fine in that size tank, especially with a few extra water changes.
Ian