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Chelsea asked in PetsFish · 1 decade ago

I bought a NEW fish tank and the water is so gross?

I've had fish tanks in the past (10 gallon aquarium) and they've never gotten like this.

Within 1 week, the water has become extremely cloudy. I only have 2 fish in there. I bought a new cartridge for my filter, used water treatment liquids in it... nothing has worked.

Could it be the ornaments?

Could it be the tank? The reason I ask this is because inside of the tank, where the faces meet at the 90 degree angle, there's a glue there. It's really soft glue, but there's a lot of it. My previous tanks never had that.

The water keeps getting worse. Should I buy a new tank and try that out? Or what? I'm confused.

Update:

I have gouramis. (They're freshwater fish.)

Don't I have to buy a vacuum thing to take the water out? I've never had to do this before.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Cloudy doesn't sound like "gross" to me, it sounds like you may be going through a cycle. If that is the case, it will most likely clear up within a few days, but you will want to be testing your water for ammonia/nitrites/nitrates, and do partial water changes as necessary.

    The "soft glue" that you've never had before is just aquarium sealant, and you've probably only had acrylic aquariums before, which are built as one solid piece. This is perfectly normal for a glass aquarium.

    What kind of fish do you have in the tank? Did you rinse the tank and substrate (Gravel) out thoroughly before using them? Has this only happened since you added the fish? You should be using the normal amount of dechlorinator and doing smaller water changes, as necessary. Do not change the filter cartridge again until it's time is up.

  • 5 years ago

    You should never use direct tap to tank. You should fill a tank or a 5 gallon bucket and let it sit for at least 48 hours, this will allow the chlorine to evaporate. In extreme cases you might just want to boil the water, let it sit till it cools then add it to the tank. If you still get the same problems, you should check your water, anything that would damage a fish that badly after being set out or at most boiled is probably not good for you to drink.

  • 1 decade ago

    hi, ive recently got a new ten gallon, and by the sound of it, your tank is just going through a bacterial bloom, its ok, you just need to stick it out for a few days (4-7) don't do any water changes, just let it do its thing

    watch your fish carefully, i am not sure if this will affect them, what sort of fish are they?

  • 1 decade ago

    Sometimes new tanks will experience a bacterial bloom and it is completely harmless. Move the fish if it will ease your mind(you don't need to), but otherwise let it sort itself out.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    its ammonia i had the same problem u need 2 cycle a new tank keep doing daily water changes of 20?%

  • 1 decade ago

    if you didn't clean the tank out before you put the water in it then that is the problem

  • cheese
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    this happens to most new tank and to some established tanks, but all this is is new bacteria which should clear up on its own.

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