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From the desk of Dave Ratner, owner of Dave's Soda and Pet City
I just set up my tank and put some fish in it and now it is really cloudy. What is wrong with my new tank? 
Nothing is wrong with your tank. When a tank is new,
good bacteria that fish give off in their waste and that you may have also
added sometimes “party” in the tank and they cause the white cloudiness
that you see. This is completely normal and will usually disappear
in three to four days as the bacteria settle down and
go into the gravel and filter. There the bacteria go
to work helping to break down ammonia and nitrites
that fish give off as part of their wastes. You can
help by not adding any more fish and not feeding too
much food while the tank is cloudy.
Tanks will sometimes get a white cloudiness after a
very large water change, a filter change, or when the
gravel is replaced partially or completely. Again, it
is just the good bacteria have been disturbed too much and so they get suspended in the water and cause the cloudiness. If your tank stays cloudy for more than four days or gets a green cloudiness (suspended algae causes this), then come see us to help you make your tank clear again.
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