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why is my established – 10 gal freshwater tank cloudy?
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If your water parameters are fine, overfeeding could cause cloudiness. Especially from uneaten blood worms. Wait another day and make sure to do a good gravel/vac and replace another 3 gallons.
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Ok you have a severe jump in population. This is where I think the problem is. I would even put money on it, if you were local to me. You need to remove those snails as soon as possible, Your filter is set to the 9 residents and suddenly you have another 500 critters in there eating and pooping and so on. As I said earlier you need to get rid of the snails and there are a variety of ways of doing it, mechanically (Crush them on the glass with your fingers) or biologically (Fish that eat snails) Chemically (getting stuff to add to the water), this last one is my least favourite way, in fact I would discourage you from using it. One of the mechanical methods I have used myself to varying degrees of success is quite simple. Put a saucer upside down in the tank just before you turn off the lights, then in the morning take it out before turning on the lights, and it should have a bunch of snails on it. Do this for a few days and it should reduce the population for you.
Biologically, get a fish that eats snails, like some Loaches do. they will eat the snails for you. One of the downsides is that loaches tend to get rather large,
It is up to you ultimately,
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i also think you may be over feeding the tank. malaysian trumpet snails may be known as pests but they will not produce more offspring than there is food to feed them, so you are feeding about enough to feed the five hundred babies more than you need to. they probably hitch hiked in on a plant because they don’t just appear even if it seems like it. they can actually be a blessing if you can deal with them because they keep your tank clean and care for any live plants you have for you but won’t eat any healthy parts. if they are bugging you then you can add an algea wafer to the tank and scoop it out once they are on it. they will come back though. i have them in my tanks and i like them because i have sand and they aerate it for me….anyways, the white water could also be caused by an algea bloom which can sometimes be white, green, brown and any colour in between. when you tested the water was there any amonia present? if so it may be possible that you restarted your cycle or caused a mini-cycle IF you cleaned or changed your bio filter. please don’t add a loach to your tank to eat the snails. loaches are very social and get pretty big. the ones that eat snails need to be in a tank at least thirty gallons and in a group of six or more.
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