O.K I just set up a salt water fish rinsed the off the my base an my water is cloudy what should I do?

Question

O.K I just set up a salt water fish rinsed the off the my base an my water is cloudy what should I do?

Answer 1

Just wait , it'll clear. Change the filters after it clears. It has to cycle and set up it's bacteria bed before you can add fish. You could add some hurment crabs to help speed that along

Answer 2

just wait for it too settle and let the tank cycle....

Answer 3

Sit back and wait for nature to take it's course as far as cycling. The cloudiness is likely the result of fine particles of sand suspended in the water column. Given a bit of time they will settle and the tank will clear up. Besides sand, what else is in this tank? Are you using any live rock or using artificial decorations? What size tank are you using? Do you have an idea of what type of livestock you want to keep in the tank eventually? If your not using any live rock or live sand (but rather bagged sand instead), I would advise throwing a piece of shrimp from the grocery store in the tank and just waiting for the cycle to run it's course. The breakdown of the shrimp will give your tank a source of ammonia which in turn will allow the tank to go through it's nitrogen cycle. Use the time while that's going on to read up on what types of livestock you plan to keep and save up for the equipment you should get to make life easier over the course of keeping a marine tank (skimmers, good lighting, decent refractormeter, etc). Any questions, let me know.

Answer 4

If what you meant was you set up a salt water fish tank, than cloudyness is normal if you JUST set it up.

Its because when you have a saltwater tank, you need live sand, live rocks, live plants, the whole deal.

the sand moves extremely easily. Its just the sand settling, don't worry. and also, if it was set up in the near past, you need to wait  2 weeks before putting your crabs, snails, and plants in.

And then 2 more weeks after that to put your fish in.

I had a pipe fish and 2 seahorse.

They are very difficult to take care of.

I hope you know what your getting yourself into.

And, just for pointers, if you don't already have one, you need a heater, a filter, a thermomater, a lamp, and when doing weekly water changes, do about a 15% water change, but only add regular bottled/filtered water. I made the mistake of adding salt water at everywater change, and it killed my fish:(.

The water evaporates, the salt doesn't, so the water will rapodly increase in the salt levels. You also need to get a salt tester, they are cheap, and very easy.

If you life in Arizona, a great store that specializes in Saltwater fish and all of the equipment, is "Aqua Touch" on Cactus and 32nd.

Hope this helped!

Have fun with your salt water tank, the fish are beautiful and very cool to have.