Tank has been very cloudy during the day. It seems to clear up at night. Is this normal during the early stages?
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@TidyBluebird74
12h
If it’s a milky white color, it’s a bacterial bloom. I forgot to mention I also added Copepods 
@guccilamarc
12h
Yeah it is milk white. I added copepods a few days prior and some snails as I was getting a good amount of diatoms. Then this followed shortly after
@HanktheTank
9h
I had this same thing happen after adding copepods because of an algae bloom. I just cleaned my filter sponge and added filter floss with a water change and it cleared up within a couple days.
@TidyBluebird74
12h
What I also do too is before every water change I siphon the sandbed around. And make sure u don’t over feed which is also what I was doing
@guccilamarc
12h
That could be my problem tbh I have four small fish in the tank that seem to fill up quickly leaving a decent amount of food behind
@TidyBluebird74
12h
I used to do the same thing, I only feed what my fish can consume in about 30seconds. And I switched from flake food to frozen food
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I had a similar situation around the 3-4 month mark. What I did was I continued my weekly water changes, cleaned out my filter sponges as well and added new carbon, and also added filter floss. In 2 days my water was crystal clear
Thank you I’ll do that as well. I think it’s a bacteria bloom I’m guessing.