Abouttina quiao Expertise I can answer all questions about chemistry of water and I would say, I am familiar with almost all diseases of fresh and saltwater fish. I have had my 125 tropical salt and 45 agressive for yrs. I managed a petshop for five years and I am a petcare specialist for a large petchain now. I love my animals. I love this kind of work. Helping people keep their fish sucessfully is so rewarding to me.
Experience I managed a petshop in Bridgeton called Petpourri for about 5 years...I am a petcare specialist for a large pet chain. I have 2 African greys, a Nandey conure,a potbelly pig, 2 rats and a hamster. Oh and did I mention a 125 tropical salt and a 45 agressive salt. I have had brakish and fresh. I am very familiar with disese and chemistry of your tank. I also have 2 senegul chameleons and the anoles that live in the bottom of their 37 high tank. We keep tons of reptiles at the store and keep a couple as pets love them all. I have worked in the pet business for yrs.....along with taking care of all of mine.
Expert: tina quiao Date: 3/17/2008 Subject: cloudy water
Question Hi! I have been getting problems with my tank water. It has been extremely cloudy. I have a 40 gallon hexagonal tank with a aquaclear filter that pumps 300 gallons per hour. In it i have the biomax thing, and a sponge to trap debris. I also have an under gravel filter 2 of the under gravel stem things are ammonia removers and the other is carbon. In the tank, i have a blood parrot, 1 firemouth cichild, 1 yellow lab, 1 juvenile Jack Dempsey(still very small, i have a 50 gallon waiting for it), 1 dwarf pleco, one fig. eight puffer, 1 convict, and 1 elephant nose fish. Is this overcrowded? I know this isn't the best choices but all my fishes are actually getting along great. I see no aggression except when it is feeding time. Also, none of my fishes get injured or get ripped fins. I have kept these groups for more than 5 months now believe it or not. I do weekly water changes of about 40 percent. But this week, because of the cloudy water, i had to do 4 water changes in one week! I never had this water issue before. I also don't overfeed. I feed twice a day with small amounts. Is there something i can do? Should i add any chemicals? I am getting a bit tired with all these water changes. Please help. Thanks so much. I really appreciate it.
Answer Chris, You are not overcrowded. Stop all the water changes. You are depleting your bacteria. That is your cloud it is trying to reinforce what you are talking out. You won't have to be tired of it if you leave it alone for awhile......Tina
