Posted by admin | Posted in Parts And Stuff | Posted on 10-11-2011
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Why is my new fish tank cloudy & smelly?
I have a brand new 29 gal fish tank...3 days old. I have 5 med Koi in it. The water has been clear and clean the first 2 days, but now on the 3rd day it's getting cloudy and smelly...but not a fishy smell. It has a strange funk smell. The smell is wafting into the whole room. I have a good filter system, and a bubble wand. Any ideas?
There are a number of problems leading to your tank being cloudy and smelly.
All too often too many new fish owners make the same common mistakes. Did you wash your tank out properly prior to installing? Did you wash your gravel thru a strainer (and I don't mean just rinse it off)? These are the two leading cause for cloudy water.
Your tank is not cycled properly. See web page.
http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/biologicalcycle/a/nitrogencycle.htm
Do you or are you using a gravel syphon to clean the bottom when doing water changes? (Sorry forgot it is only 3 days old) Did you rinse out your filter and pads prior to installing them?
If you did not rinse the gravel well enough you can do one of two things, stir up the gravel in the tank really well. This will cause all the "dirt" particles to float in your tank. Keep the filter running and do a 20% water change. As long as your water "quality" is fine, do this every other day until the water is clear. Each time, be sure to rinse your filter out as well.
Your tank is OVERLOADED. 5 Medium Koi as you say would measure approximately 15" each. Koi do not stop growing nor is a 4" koi medium it is small. Koi can and do grow up to 3 feet long and won't stop growing because they are in a small tank.
Koi are cold water pond fish and require 1 sq. foot of surface water per inch of fish. Koi are active fish and require higher concentrations of Dissolved Oxygen. Adding an air your bubble want does nothing for the fish or the water. Dissolved O2 comes from the water itself moving. Bubblers move very little water there for add very little to no Dissolved O2 to your tank.
Do your water change everyother day (I know pain in the butt) but if the tank would have been cycled properly in the begining, this would not be happening now.
I would suggest either taking back 4 of your fish or getting a muchbigger fish tank.
Both you and your fish will be happier.
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Originally posted 2010-09-22 06:06:55.
