Muddy water in an aquarium - a widespread problem which even experienced aquarians sometimes face. It can lead to a lethal outcome for your small fishes. That to avoid it, it is necessary to understand the causes of this trouble and to eliminate them.
From what water in an aquarium muddy
The aquarium is a microcosm where organisms appear and die. It consists of thin interrelation of small fishes, plants and bacteria.
During creation of a new aquarium within several days there is a huge number of the bacteria which are excessively breeding in water. It leads to its turbidity. This process quite normal and natural. Before starting small fishes in an aquarium with new water, it is necessary just to wait several days until she is cleaned. Because of a lack of food the majority of bacteria will die out, and the biological balance to water is normalized. It is in that case strictly forbidden to change water because it will also dim. It is the best of all to add a little water from an old aquarium where balance is adjusted long ago. If it is not available, nothing terrible, the balance in water itself will be settled, just more time for this purpose will be required.
Overfeeding of small fishes can be one more cause of muddy water. Surplus of a forage which your pets do not manage to eat fall by a bottom and begin to decay. Thereof water begins to spoil. In such environment the inhabitants of an aquarium cannot feel well, and long stay in bad water will ruin them. At a large number of fishes in an aquarium and, at the same time, bad filtration of water, there is its turbidity. At inhabitants of such environment the organism poisoning with disintegration products by all means will begin that will lead to their death. Seaweed can be the cause of muddy water. There is a certain look which at excessive reproduction leads to turbidity of the environment in an aquarium and at the same time lets out an unpleasant smell. The surplus of lighting or a congestion of surplus of organic matter at the bottom that the microscopic seaweed stimulating rapid growth, and water blossoming will result can be other problem. It becomes opaque with a greenish shade. At a lack of light of a plant of an aquarium will become brown and will begin to decay that will spoil the habitat to small fishes and will do much harm to their health.
What to do with muddy water in an aquarium
It is not difficult to fight against muddy water, the main thing to understand the reasons of turbidity and to follow certain rules further.
At first it is necessary to define the water turbidity reason. If it consists in overpopulation of an aquarium, so it is necessary to strengthen filtration or to transfer some small fishes to other place. If the reason in a skaplivaniye of surplus of a forage at the bottom, means it is necessary to reduce a dose of food or to buy ground fishes who will eat up the settled food. At a problem with lighting it is necessary to darken an aquarium or to strengthen light. For prevention of rapid growth of seaweed it is recommended gets fishes or snails eating plants. That in an aquarium the biological balance remained, it is necessary to have surely the good filter corresponding to the size of container with water. It is necessary to understand that in an aquarium water of life, and for maintaining balance it is necessary to support certain conditions. At the same time do not advise to use chemicals, they can lead to a bigger violation of the environment and will demand longer restoration. In maintaining balance in water an important role is played by its change. After start of a new aquarium it is not necessary to change water within 2-3 months, balance will not get better yet. Further water should be replaced 1-2 times a month. At the same time merging only 1/5 part from all volume of an aquarium and as much adding new. If to change more than a half, then the habitat is broken that will lead of small fishes to death. In small aquariums water can be replaced less often, on condition of existence of the good filter.