Re: murky water

[SamB]

Long story short- tank is doing whit it is supposed to. Buy a book on
fishkeeping- there are lots of good ones. the 'Dummies' and 'Beginner's
books are good as are many others. Keep it in the bathroom. READ IT! No
substitution for knowledge.
SamB

"AKPilot" > wrote in message
...
> mom in law gave us a fish tank, plus about 7 fish, this was about 4 months
> ago. the first few months, the water of course was very clean, so after
> about 2-3 months, i decided to get the fish out, and clean out the water,
> bout a hose at walmart
>
> anyway, ever since then, no matter what i do, after about 1-2 weeks time,
> the water turns murky. Last time i cleaned it, it took me an hour, i made
> sure i got all the **** from the bottom, cleaned the glass, everything!
>
>
>
> --
> Alaskan Bush Pilot
>
>

[AKPilot]

humm, so after a week, it turns so murky that you cant even see the fish?



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Alaskan Bush Pilot
"SamB" > wrote in message
...
> Long story short- tank is doing whit it is supposed to. Buy a book on
> fishkeeping- there are lots of good ones. the 'Dummies' and 'Beginner's
> books are good as are many others. Keep it in the bathroom. READ IT! No
> substitution for knowledge.
> SamB
>
> "AKPilot" > wrote in message
> ...
> > mom in law gave us a fish tank, plus about 7 fish, this was about 4
months
> > ago. the first few months, the water of course was very clean, so after
> > about 2-3 months, i decided to get the fish out, and clean out the
water,
> > bout a hose at walmart
> >
> > anyway, ever since then, no matter what i do, after about 1-2 weeks
time,
> > the water turns murky. Last time i cleaned it, it took me an hour, i
made
> > sure i got all the **** from the bottom, cleaned the glass, everything!
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Alaskan Bush Pilot
> >
> >
>
>

[Gunther]

In article >,
says...
> maybe i misspoke
>
> Everytime I clean out the fish tank, with full water replacement, after
> about a week or so, ...

You are doing a "scrub-down" that is, removing all the water
and cleaning the filter system, gravel, etc?
You shouldn't do that.
Go read http://faq.thekrib.com/begin-cycling.html
or http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/care/care1.htm#essentials
for the correct procedures and the reasons behind them.
Or as a previous responder mentioned, any of dozens of
beginner's books will provide the same info.


> ...the water turns very greenish murky to the point you
> cant even see the fish

Green indicates algae: make sure the tank doesn't receive
direct sunlight, and best to located it in the darkest
corner of the room.
However, as previous poster said, you're apt to see
some murkiness, not to the point of opaque, but visible,
until your tank is fully cycled. Again, read the info
cited above.

>
> Im not dumb but this is NOT normal. Why isnt the tanks at the stores so
> murky that you cant see the fish?

Because the stores hire professionals. You might
try taking a cupful of your tank water to them and ask
for help.