How to Fix Cloudy White Aquarium Water

Cloudy water happens to most aquarists. If you act fast, you will be able to regain control without casualties.
In this video I will show you the two biggest reasons for cloudy white water as well as give tips on how to fix it.

0:00 Intro
0:39 Don't Panic!
0:59 Green Cloudy Water
1:21 Bacteria Bloom - How to fix
6:26 Unwashed substrate - How to fix
8:17 Outro

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[SongsByLouLaro]

Thank you for another super helpful video. You make things so clear and easy to understand!
I just went through a situation where I had a bacterial bloom in my cichlid aquarium. I suspected, and your video helped me confirm, that the issue was caused by excess food. It wasn't as much a question of over-feeding as it was feeding them the wrong food. The day I bought my cichlids, the salesperson recommended this jar of pellet food (labelled for cichlids) that he said was what they fed these fish every day. So I bought it and put some in the tank and it just sat there. They never touched it at all. So I promptly went out and bought some other food. The problem is that I should have vacuumed the substrate and removed the excess food as soon as I realized the fish didn't like it.
I tried cleaning my filters (which were already clean). That may have made things worse.
I tried a couple of water changes. I used Prime to dechlorinate my tapster and to detoxify my tank water; (thank you for your clear explanation of what Prime does too!). Finally, (last night), did another water change, added another filter, additional filter media, vacuumed the substrate, and this morning it looks like it is starting to clear up. A little. I'm hoping that it will continue to improve.
Thank you again. Your videos are awesome.
By the way, I subscribed to your channel and clicked the notification bell.

[okimike]

You successfully taught me that I have a lot to learn. I fear my wonderful fish are going to die due to my ignorance

[AgswampdonkeyAG]

Thanks for the info Michelle your very informative and very pretty.

[wetumpkaflyer]

Yours has officially become my #1 favorite you tube channel. You are charming, always smiling, and provide great information. 👍🏻

[doupee]

Fist time having an aquarium. I bought a 10 gallon, cleaned rocks, substrate and fill it water. There was still a little bit of dust but after a couple of water changes my water was good. I did put some wood in there and my water had a yellow taint in it but was told that it can happen because of the tannin in the wood. I did put the wood in boiling water so what i had in my fish tank was not much compared to what was in the boiling water. Started the filters (one back and one small sponge filter) and added the recommended amount of 'stability' from Seachem to help starting the cycling. Since they feed on amonia and i had no fish, i took an uncooked shrimp and placed it in my fish tank (saw that somewhere and the person at the fish store confirmed that some people do that). Next morning go to work and open the fish tank light. All looked good. Coming home from work, i saw a snow storm in my fish tank. After testing the water, i found almost nothing in the water (amonia and company). From what i have found, i had a bacterial bloom in my fish tank but since i saw nothing in the water, i found that suspicious. The only explanation i found is that some battery in the tap water just bloomed like crazy. That was yesterday. Today, it's a little bit less cloudy and was able to see that i had amonia, a little bit of nitrite and no nitrate. With that long story over, i have two questions. Did anyone heard the same kind of story about bacteria from tap water? As per the video, the good bacteria will eventually grow so much that it will just make the other one disappear. And second, is it possible that the light may have played a role in that bacterial bloom?

[mlersk]

Great video. Of all the videos I watched about white cloudy water yours was the only video that actually answered my question!! Thank you!

[sergeiz.]

Cool t-shirt. I'm new fish owner have 10 gallon small tank have some cloudiness. Excellent info thanks 😊

[susanstebila]

I cleaned out my filter ? was that a good idea?

[Mr.BeastFan]

I usually clean one filter each week but the canister filter had Blackbeard Agea growing both were needing cleaning cleaned both and I got the slightly milky bacteria problem but I add more Cultures from bottle and double filter clears it in a hour or 2 only 5 g tank
Upgrading and switching substrate from rocks to something my plants will grow better in thanks for the info

[barryleeloy]

thanks for the info, my 55 gal. has been up since april, but just starting to get cloudy!! You nailed it for me, i feed them too much, i do water changes every 2 weeks, but that food feeding was the problem!! thanks again!!

[johnjwedrall]

I found your channel today and subscribed today 😀 👍

[jdb]

Does this apply to using products like stability or safe start? Should we add prime with those? Also, I have a 75 gallon with an fx 6 a 90 gallon hob and 60 hob. Stocking number of peacock suggestion? Hope to get a shirt

[marie]

Hello Michelle from Quebec I am Mary from St.Jerome lol I just started a new aquarium yesterday and today its still cloudy and I have no fish yet in it I only have plants how long should I wait till I put fish in it, thanks for sharing.

[billford]

i did add a over the back filter to my 120gal. tank and and it seems to have helped. 1/27/2022 not crystal clear but better, getting there

[Leo_seguridad]

Sorry if I missed the answer, just set up new tank 2 days ago, didn't fully rinse gravel not sure if thats causing water to be cloudy, do I add fishes to cloudy water or wait till it clears up?
Also have a lot of air bubble on glass....
Also do I leave filter on or let dust or cloudiness settle?

[eyadjamus]

Thank you for this. I definitely had a bacterial bloom. I will follow your steps and update my comments.

[bonedaddyd]

My cloudy water comes after 50% water change. I use prime as in filling tank to neutralize chlorine. ?

[angiejoy]

Your videos are so friendly and helpful. Thank you, bless you 💚

[JalalKhan-fkqn]

Hey Richelle am Ali from India, I have Amonia spike in my 260 gallon tank, I have prime but No Microb lift, can I use Sea Chem stability or Safe. Please suggest. Have two filters FX4 and Eiheim 2217 .