Floaty water

[jorge0912]

woke up today to find my tank water very cloudy anyone know why ? My tank is one year old does have sand even sump looks cloudy
I have a sand sifting star fish
2 Clarkis
Two pijama cardinales
Some chromis
3 Blennies and lots of snails and hermit crabs

 

[Dom]

Definitely need more information. Post a complete listing of your latest test results.

Do you dose; perhaps your loser dumped its contents into the tank?
Maybe a bacterial infection?
How big is the tank?
Did you recently do a water change?

 

[jorge0912]

My tank is 54 gallons
I do not dose anything
Have not done a water change

Should I do one ?

 

[jorge0912]

I did add fish lately

 

[jorge0912]

I did not test as I had to come to work.

 

[TheEngineer]

Are they all accounted for? Sounds like a bacterial bloom.

 

[Dom]

Yes, you should do weekly water changes.

Water changes are important. Besides removing waste from the tank, it also replenishes what is consumed by your tank inhabitants.

Are you using RODI water or water right from the tap?

You need to post test results.

 

[jorge0912]

I am using rodi water and what is a bacterial bloom bad for my fish and should I do a 20 percent water change ?

 

[jorge0912]

As I saw in the morning all fish where there
I will have to do water at night to do a water change..
For one year monthly water changes always helped I guess I will have to start doing weekly water changes on it now

 

[jorge0912]

My parameters will never move on it since I had a sump to help out with protein skimmers and cheato never used carbon water was always crystal clear

 

[jorge0912]

Test results just basics

 

[jorge0912]

Just did three test just Incase my ph is low

 

[PapaWhisky]

Looks like your ammonia spiked: Either you added too many fish too fast or something has died in the tank.

 

[jorge0912]

All fish are scouted for man that sucks
Should a make a 15 gallon water change and add some prime tonigth or should I let it go down

 

[jorge0912]

By it self will the fish die ?

 

[Dom]

I am using rodi water and what is a bacterial bloom bad for my fish and should I do a 20 percent water change ?

If you do 5 gallons weekly, you have a 20% change every month.

Weekly water changes are better as there is less of a swing in your parameters.

 

[Dom]

Test results just basics

Hard to tell the colors with out the tubes being up against a WHITE background. For example the bottle behind your pH test makes your pH look extremely low.

 

[jorge0912]

I see I will do that every Sunday for the rest of the year water is clearing up I will probably remove some of the fish and put them. In my nano it was my mistake of adding fish when the tank was perfectly fine

 

[jorge0912]

And u guys think my fish could make till the morning I will make a 15- 20 gallon water change

 

[PapaWhisky]

If it were me I would add prime along with a 20% water change. Survival rates will depend on how healthy the fish are and how quickly you get the NH3 levels down. Also inspect every snail and crab and remove any immediately that didn't make it.