QT tank cloudy

cameronh · Nov 3, 2015

Breakthecycle2 said:
I did a 25 gallon change. I didnt want to do it all at once. The temperature is off a little.

Alright let that sit awhile, and if it that doesn't work you know what to do. Do you have any kind of filtration in that tank?....

Breakthecycle2 · Nov 3, 2015

cameronh said:
Alright let that sit awhile, and if it that doesn't work you know what to do. Do you have any kind of filtration in that tank?....

As I said, just a HOB. The water has been crystal clear, in fact I just recently changed the filter media last week.

cameronh · Nov 3, 2015

Breakthecycle2 said:
As I said, just a HOB. The water has been crystal clear, in fact I just recently changed the filter media last week.

Alright just checking, how is the water looking at this very moment

bigdeb · Nov 4, 2015

Hey can anyone tell me if a red shrimp could shed its shell? I know this is a strange question but I really don't know what happened but my shrimp looks like it did. Remains in the tank but the shrimp is still under the rocks.

Naiad · Nov 4, 2015

Yes shrimp molt

melypr1985 · Nov 4, 2015

^^^ +1 Your shrimp and crabs will all molt when healthy and growing.

cameronh · Nov 4, 2015

Sure will. I remember the day I found that out. It was it's whole molt and I was like oh no! Then an hour later I saw him lol

Naiad · Nov 4, 2015

cameronh said:
Sure will. I remember the day I found that out. It was it's whole molt and I was like oh no! Then an hour later I saw him lol

I love when they molt the day after you get them and you think you killed them during acclimation

cameronh · Nov 4, 2015

Naiad said:
I love when they molt the day after you get them and you think you killed them during acclimation

Haha!

omykiss001 · Nov 5, 2015

Even if your QT is 3 months old has it had a continuous bioload i.e. poop and food not just ammonia addition. What I find and what helps me prevent this if you only use the QT every so often as soon as you add an animal and begin feeding it you add nutrients for bacteria that break them down to ammonia and other byproducts, your decomposers. They will bloom, this bloom will often subside over time as they take up a more permanent residence in your filter material etc. Water changes at 1st more frequently and making sure not to leave any uneaten food and poop behind helps quite a bit, but often will still get a bloom generally more minor and subsides within a few days. When my QT is fallow I'll often still "feed" the tank and allow that material to decompose to keep that population of bacteria established in the filter and other favorable locations rather than a bloom in the water column. This also keep the biofilter active and ready for fish too. Your biggest worry is they are heterotrophs and will use oxygen as they break down the food and waste and if the bloom is large enough could cause some issue there, so keep the tank well oxygenated. Otherwise water changes and nutrient control are the only things that I've found help keep it in check until they find a resting home outside the water column.

Breakthecycle2 · Nov 21, 2015

omykiss001 said:
Even if your QT is 3 months old has it had a continuous bioload i.e. poop and food not just ammonia addition. What I find and what helps me prevent this if you only use the QT every so often as soon as you add an animal and begin feeding it you add nutrients for bacteria that break them down to ammonia and other byproducts, your decomposers. They will bloom, this bloom will often subside over time as they take up a more permanent residence in your filter material etc. Water changes at 1st more frequently and making sure not to leave any uneaten food and poop behind helps quite a bit, but often will still get a bloom generally more minor and subsides within a few days. When my QT is fallow I'll often still "feed" the tank and allow that material to decompose to keep that population of bacteria established in the filter and other favorable locations rather than a bloom in the water column. This also keep the biofilter active and ready for fish too. Your biggest worry is they are heterotrophs and will use oxygen as they break down the food and waste and if the bloom is large enough could cause some issue there, so keep the tank well oxygenated. Otherwise water changes and nutrient control are the only things that I've found help keep it in check until they find a resting home outside the water column.

Thanks for the advice. The thing is though, there has been more then one fish in this QT since the day I set it up. It has never gone empty. I do think the prazi and copper combo contributed to the cloudiness and yellowing of the water.

Humblefish · Nov 21, 2015

Breakthecycle2 said:
Thanks for the advice. The thing is though, there has been more then one fish in this QT since the day I set it up. It has never gone empty. I do think the prazi and copper combo contributed to the cloudiness and yellowing of the water.

^^ This is very possible. I have noticed slight bacterial blooms when mixing copper + prazi sometimes. But not dangerous like when mixing CP + prazi.