Why is my fish tank water always cloudy and my fish are loosing there colour?
A fish’s color usually changes as a response to stress. Some fish like loaches “grey out” or start looking very pale, while others seem to get darker. Either way, if your fishes’ color appear dull, it might be due to poor water conditions. You mentioned cloudy water. This could be a bacterial bloom in your tank, which is normal in some circumstances, but sometimes it could be due to dirty gravel or excess food trapped in your decor or substrate that has begun to rot. If you don’t already have one, purchase a gravel-vac from your local pet store and vaccuum your substrate while performing your normal water-change routine. Divide your tank into 4 “quadrants”, and each week you should vaccuum only one of these quadrants. Pick up excess food, feces, and decaying plant matter (if you have live plants). Don’t do the whole tank at once, as you will disturb the colonies of beneficial bacteria living inside the tiny crevices on your gravel. By doing only one section at a time you give them a ch
