Ollie the Oscar Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 What happened? We went away for a few days and it just happened... before we had a small problem with blue green but everything seemed fine... thanks in advance... thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie the Oscar Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 It looks like this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocco Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 take out fish, do a 100% water change, fill up with water, treat water with chlorinator and beneficial bacteria , this is your choice if you want you can add water clarifier. then your done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Increase water change reduce light levels what are your water parameters 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Never seen a tank just turn brown. It looks like substrate got stirred up, do a few water changes, if you have a HOB filter, keep an eye on the foam or cartridges they'll clog up quick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotatoFish Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Could you give us some specs, please? More information can help give people a better idea of what might be going on. To start . . . I see an air pump on the left side. What kind of filtration do you have? What animals are you stocking in it? Any thing that burrows? What substrate are you using? Did you recently add any pieces of wood to the tank? I'm guessing you did water changes already, so what are your new test results? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanked Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Were the lights turned off for a few days? How many days were you gone? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefConfit Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Deffinetly need more info dude. Start with water parameters, tank specs(filtration, stocking, substrate, ect), anything different you did before you went away and how long you were away. Without that info anything we say it a wild guess. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie the Oscar Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 We’re about to do a water change, we’re using Oliver nott soil and have an aqua one 101 maxi internal filter... we have a pair of apistogrammas 5 false julii corys and an L397 pleco ... the lights were off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie the Oscar Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 Ammonia- 0 Ph- 7.3 just done 50% water change looks about same... although it should take some time to clear up... found filter the ground so maybe that stirred it up ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotatoFish Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 31 minutes ago, Ollie the Oscar said: Ammonia- 0 Ph- 7.3 just done 50% water change looks about same... although it should take some time to clear up... found filter the ground so maybe that stirred it up ? Thanks for the specifics! I needed to look up that filter on Google, but from what I see, it could definitely have been the reason your water is that color. I took a look at the substrate you are using, and yes, with using special substrates for plants, they will cloud the water just like your picture shows. As you deduced, the filter's suction cups probably got "unstuck," it fell over or near the substrate, and then it probably started to churn the substrate with the water jet(s). If you were home, you would have seen it on its side or pointing down and fixed it immediately, but since you were away . . . brown water. I had thought that churned substrate (as someone had already mentioned) might be the case, because when I first started using special plant substrate, I made the newbie mistake of putting the substrate in the empty tank and then just dropping the water from the top of the tank. My water looked a lot like your picture, and after a day or so, it settled down. Enjoy your clear water! (...when it fully clears up) PS: We'd love to see your tank when it's not cloudy Post a picture! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie the Oscar Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 Ok thanks, we moved the filter up but it hasn’t cleared yet... should be a few days maybe but thanks... will send a photo... I’ve got three others though but I need to clean them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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