Cloudy Water

[campingdude84]

Today, I went to feed my community tank, and the water was quite cloudy. I’ve had the tank for over four years, and never had that happen before. I was in a rush because I had to go to work, so I didn’t even have a chance to check the water’s nitrite and nitrate levels.

I quickly drained about 40-50% of the water, and changed it out with fresh water treated with Prime.

What would cause the water to become cloudy between yesterday at roughly 2pm when I last fed the fish and the tank was clear and today at about 1:30pm when the water was cloudy?

[nabokovfan87]

This is a good video!  I learned a little bit when watching it.
 

Essentially, no real concern, just do your water changes when you need to.

 

 

On 10/29/2023 at 11:59 AM, campingdude84 said:

What would cause the water to become cloudy between yesterday at roughly 2pm when I last fed the fish and the tank was clear and today at about 1:30pm when the water was cloudy?

It could've literally just been from turning the filtration off / on or from something in the pipes in the water before it gets to you.  Right now is when a lot of companies are cleaning the pipes for winter.