New fish tank with gravel is cloudy. Will this go away?
by Aquaboy on Friday, May 21st, 2010 | 7 Comments
I just filled up my new fish tank and added gravel – which I cleaned for ages – however, the water has still gone cloudy. There is no fish in it (not till next week)
Will the filter clear the cloudyness or do I need to do something else?
It will just be some dust and muck that hasn’t come out. The filter will soon clear it up. Give the filter a few hours and it will have cleared the tank.
Start again but this time WASH your gravel throughly first and add you plants keep your pump on to aerate the water for a few days before adding you fish
It could be dust off the gravel.. It will soon settle…
However, it also could be a bacteria bloom.
Beneficial bacteria is a MUST have in a tank BEFORE you add any fish. You need to read up on and learn how to properly cycle a tank before adding new fish. Without a established tank they could become sick or die. Beneficial bacteria must be present for life to sustain itself properly.
There is a link below so you can read more on this cycle process…
But usually, in new tanks, seeing a bacteria bloom is normal.
use more charcoal in your filter
Normal.
It may be dust from the gravel, and/or dissolved gas escaping from the tap water
Leave it for a day or too and it will clear up.
As the tank is new add the fish to it gradually over several weeks, not all at once or you will have cycle issues.
Ian
it will go away after a while. you needed to rinse the gravel. you can also go to the fish store and get a solution to clear to clowdiness.
The filter will clear it.
I would recommend using a gravel vac to clean it until most of the garbage is out. This will help prevent cloudiness during future water changes, or when adding/moving/etc plants and ornaments. The gravel in my tank was really mucky too, and a gravel vac really helped. If you almost empty the tank before it’s clean, just keep adding water. I doubt your water is cycled yet, so it’s fine if you do this. Just be sure to cycle it after before adding fish.