CCK Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I started the Trio medication for my tank on Thursday night. Yesterday the water was still clear. Today it is cloudy. Is the medicine causing this or do I have some type of bloom happening? I took out the filter cartridge that had the carbon in it before I put the medicine in. I have other filter media in there that I didn’t take out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmcloonan Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 What caused you to treat the tank in the first place? What else can you tell us about the tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCK Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 I originally had a 10 gallon that I got from someone else that was overstocked and fish weren’t schooled. I then bought this 20 gallon long and cycled it with media from the 10 gallon. It was completely cycled right around Christmas. I now have 11 embers, 5 neons, 1 honey gourami, 3 ghost shrimp, 3 amanos and 3 mystery snails. I have the API master test kit and everything has been showing still cycled. I decided to treat the whole tank as one of my neons hasn’t been looking healthy and because I had fish from the original tank plus buying from 2 other locations to get where we are today. The aquarium coop blog recommended doing the whole tank to make sure everyone is healthy and good. Then if I were to buy fish down the line to treat them separately before adding them to the main tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmcloonan Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Agreed on the fresh slate trio, I just did my main tank last month. Are all of your snails still doing well? Does the water smell at all. Snap a pic of the cloudiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCK Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) The snails were already having issues prior to treating. They have been way more lethargic and floating around the tank the last month. I honestly don’t know how old they are though as they came from the 10 gallon I took over from another family. The tank doesn’t smell any different. Edited February 6, 2021 by CCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDoc Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I'll repeat what I wrote here: I think this is fairly common. Anytime you are using antibiotics, you run the risk of upsetting the balance of your beneficial bacteria. This cloudy water is likely just a small bacterial bloom and should clear up in a few days. I recently had the same exact thing happen. Waited it out and cleared up wonderfully after the water change at the end of the cycle. (I would definitely not water change before the maracyn cycle timeframe is up though.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmcloonan Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I just wanted to make sure one of your snails didn’t kick it. Such a sweet smell those give off. I would wait it out. You can test your water if any fish seem to be acting like there is ammonia in the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly S Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 I'm with @MDoc - happens every time I use the trio in my quarantine tank. I meant to make a not of what day it was clear again this time but I forgot... again. But it was just a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCK Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 so the snails are dead 😞 If there is an ammonia spike because of that can I use prime with the medicine? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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