Milky water

[poon]

I have just set up a planted tank with some plants in the tank. The water is cloudy and I have done a water change and have lowered the water to the minimum level. Will the plant be affected and become yellowish? What must I do to improve the cloudiness?

[beetlejuice403]

I have just set up a planted tank with some plants in the tank. The water is cloudy and I have done a water change and have lowered the water to the minimum level. Will the plant be affected and become yellowish? What must I do to improve the cloudiness?

Hi bro, am suspecting that it might be due to a "Bacteria Boom" in your new tank... Maybe you'd like to do a search for more info on this in AQ first... May have to be more hardworking in doing water changes also till the cloudiness clears...

Cheers

[wllm33]

new tank syndrome.
let it cycle for 3 weeks and it will settle.
all the best.

[d2sign]

Soil are the main reason to cloudy the water for newly setup tank. Some soil will not cloudy water or will settle down within a few hours.

[torque6]

Just setup could be largely due to Bacteria bloom. Give it a couple of days; 5-7 days for the cloudyness to fade. If it isnt , kindly update your thread.

[Aquaculture]

Actually how long it takes depends on the volume of the tank. My 422 took me about 2 months to clear the cloudiness. Damn sian to see the cloudiness day in, day out but there nothing else I can do. Huge WC doesn't help bro. In fact if you change too much it'll prolong the process...