Can anyone tell me why my fish tank filter is pumping out cloudy water ?
Is the cloudiness just coming from the filter, and is the filter new? If you’ve just added carbon or zeolite (like white rocks) it may have just had some dust in it – you should rinse these before putting them in the tank. If this is a tank that’s only been set up for about a week, your water may be cloudy – this is natural and is called cycling. Your tank needs some bacteria to convert the ammonia your fish are producing into nitrite and nitrate. Since ammonia and nitrite are toxic to your fish, this is something you want to happen. The “cloud” is actually the bacteria that are reproducing very quickly. If your tank has been set up for longer than a few months, if you’ve used medication or any kind of chemical treatment recently, it may have killed the bacteria in your tank, and they’re just starting to reproduce again. It could also be that your filter pad is clogging and it’s time to rinse it (use a container of tank water, not tap water, or you’ll destroy any bacteria living on the
