For about a week now the water in my tank has been cloudy. I have thought and thought about what the reason could be. Maybe it justs needs a good cleaning? I did that and it stayed the same. Have I added any new products to the tank? No. Maybe it is the plastic plants/ornaments? Cleaned all the rocks and got new plants. Maybe it is the fish food? I bought new food, been feeding them less, and it has remained the same. I am thinking about trying one more water change tonight to see if it helps. The only thing I can think that may have caused it was the absence of the bubble wall. We had taken it out because it wasn't doing a good job anymore, and the times seem to correspond with when we took it out and the water began to get cloudy. We bought a new bubble wall on sunday, but the water has still stayed the same. There is no algae on the sides of the glass because it is kept clean, so I am really at a loss. Can anyone help?

Is you tank newly cycled? Sometimes when a newly cycled tank has a larger load put on the new colonies of good bacteria, they bloom in enormous numbers and haze the tank for a few days. If this is the case, it should clear up very soon.

When you did your cleaning, did you clean the filter floss or replace it? Perhaps it is gunked up and it not filtering efficiently. Could your filter have reduced flow for any reason? Could the tubes, impellor, or anything be plugged up with gunk and reducing the gph filtration?

I doubt that the bubble wall has anything to do with it. I have had this occasionally. Once it was because my filter was no longer efficiently filtering and I needed to clean the impellor and the tubes - the flow picked up substantially then and the gph increased and the tank cleared.

Another reason I have had cloudy water is when there is suspended algae in the water. For one reason or another, sometimes I get suspended algae - it does not appear significantly green - just hazy - until it gets VERY thick and then it is greener. I use a touch of algacide (Algae Destroyer liquid) and a floculator (clarifier) and it is sparkling within an hour.

For general clarification, you can also add a small bag of rinsed activated charcoal to your filter for a day or so and it should clean that water nicely, also!

Isn't hazy water a pain?! I hope this helps!

You might just try a floculator alone and see if you can filter the haze out.

The tank is not newly cycled, it has been running for a year now. I am not sure if I cleaned that part of the filter, as I don't know what it is! The filters don't seem to be gunked up, but that is only going by the fact that the water is still flowing out quickly and evenly. I might try to get some kind of algae destoyer though! Thanks for the suggestions

I've never had this problem before so i don't really know what to do but i might suggest you check the ammonia level. If everything seems to be fine and your water is still cloudy it could just be your chemical levels are a bit high. Also, how are your fish? Do they seem to have any problems cause of the water???

my tropical tank has also been cloudy. i feel it is a combination of driftwood and live plants. i've removed both for the time being and have begun the process of cleaning with partial water changes. hopefully i'll have the situation resolved by the weekend.

I had this a few weeks ago -

The weather had changed & the sunlight seemed brighter than usual.

I changed some of the water & carefully moved the tank so that it was away from any sunlight.

Seemed to work for me

good luck

i don't whether over your place sells this product.

product name: chemi-pure
company: Boyd Enterprises, Inc

it's a filter medium in nylon bag.

it's very good. it keeps the water clear.

juz place it in your filter cartridge and in a day or two
you will notice the deference in the water clarity and quality.

-it promotes aerobic bacterial growth and nitrification
-removes dissolved organics, copper, metal, ions, odors, CO2, phenol.