cloudy water

[jimbo63]

Hello, I just got home and the water in my tank is cloudy. Did a water change monday, Just checked my chems they were ammonia-0 nitrates-0 nitrites-0 ph-8.4 salinity1.023 sg-30. I have a 33gallon tank running carbon in a penguin 200. I also am running 1 power head pushing 160gph. I have 2 clowns 1 chromis 5 snails 3 hermites all are acting fine. I guess I will wait till morning to go to lfs to get somthing to clear it up. any ideas?

 

[lion_crazz]

Do not add anything to clear it up. You need to find out what is causing the cloudiness.
How old is the tank? Is any live stock missing?

 

[jimbo63]

Tank is 9 weeks old everything in my tank is alive. Can I take water sample to lfs for a test?

 

[lion_crazz]

Sure, why not.
With a 9 week old tank, a little cloudiness is normal. Nothing to panic over.

 

[yosemite sam]

Lots of things can make the water temporarily cloudy: snails spawning, something digging in the sand, etc. As Lion_crazz said, it's not that unusual for a new tank. As long as the fish/inverts are acting ok, give it a few days.

 

[spanko]

Good advice here. Just monitor for the next few days. Are you on any water change schedule yet?

 

[florida joe]

I would run a poly filter pad