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05-04-2006 20:42 by milo	hi all love this site but i am new at keeping fish. i got a ViaAqua ar380 two weeks ago and on the advice of the pet shop i filled and filtered the tank for a week before buying the fish. this done i purchased 3 black fish and 2 gold fish on saturday. the pet shop sold me Nutra fin biological supplement and aquaplus water conditioner ,"£12 each", Done all but now i find that the water in my tank is very cloudy. The fish seem happy and they are only being fes twice a day ( small pinch ). What next but please remember i am brand new at this so please be patient...
05-04-2006 20:56 by dave cook	bit steep on the water conditoner and supplement at the min it sounds like you are havin a bacteria bloom nothing to worry about keep it going do you have a heater in your tank and what filter are you useing
05-04-2006 21:11 by dave cook	is that tank a 10 gallon tank
06-04-2006 07:56 by debs	A bacteria bloom is good, it means your filter is starting to work.... I usually do a 25% water change when that happens and in a couple of days it should clear. what fish do you have and what size is your tank?
06-04-2006 22:10 by milo	hi all yes dave it is a 10 gal and i have 4 fish 2 black with large eyes and 2 small goldfish. sorry about not knowing the proper name for these fish
06-04-2006 22:57 by Lexter	good luck milo, but i think it wasnt enough time elapsed and you probably put too many fish in at once in a small tank like that, i bet you have an ammonia or nitrite problem now, keep an eye on your fish or get the water tested
07-04-2006 19:03 by milo	thanks all i replaced about 2 gallons of the water with 10 pints of cold and 6 pints of tap hot water and cut down on the feed to once a day. thankfully the water has cleared and the fish seem delighted is there anywhere were i can get a photo guide of coldwater fish?

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