white water

[gambs]

Got home today an my 20gal tank looks like it has white water. Super cloudy. I did a water change last night. Lookes good this m orning. Is this bacteria. I pulled a piece of wood out that was in there an it smells bad I'm doing a 70 percent watrr change. What happened?

[tbui1178]

Do anything with your filter lately?

[gambs]

It was an hob filter and was filthy. I put a new one in. Water still cloudy white.

[supadave]

Sounds like your tank may be going through a cycle . Or it could be just a bacteria bloom . Where did you get that wood ? Did it smell like it was rotting ? If so, that sounds kinda "fishy".

[Ogrodii]

Sounds like a bacteria bloom or the cycle is restarting

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[gambs]

Wood has been in there for awhile. I think its a bacteria bloom. The white stufg is coating all over the tank walls an is built up pn the water intake on the filter. I was able to move my fish out into the 55 gal. It was just sooner than I wanted. I did a 80 percent change on the tank an the water is still bad. Should I just take it down an give everything a full cleaning, gravel as well?

[Ogrodii]

no man just leave everything how it is and wait it out no more water changes.
sounds like its restablishing

[moganman]

No more water changes won't help if its a cycle. Big water changes won't help either. I suggest doing 10% water changes every hour for a few hours.

[New_Cichlid11]

to me sounds like a poor filter maintenance issue, how long has the tank been set up?

[gambs]

Its been setup 6 months. I change the filter every two weeks.

[SunnyHouTX]

What exactly do you do when you change or the filter every two weeks?

[SunnyHouTX]

No more water changes won't help if its a cycle. Big water changes won't help either. I suggest doing 10% water changes every hour for a few hours.

Large water changes will help.

[tbui1178]

Pickup some seachem stability, might work as a quick fix.

[moganman]

Yeah large water changes help dilute the ammonia but slows down the colonization of beneficial bacteria which is a bit more important if no fish are being lost.

[gambs]

I ended up taking down the tank. Dd heavy duty clean on inside and walls. Washed out sand substrate and cleaned filter. Will start the tank over an do a fish less cycle on it.