I don't know whats wrong

[Saspotato]

Causes of cloudiness? Well I think some ideas are: sand was not washed properly before putting it in the tank, or it was washed ok and it is just taking some time to settle down. In that other thread, people advised you to keep doing water changes and cleaning the filter and it appears that has worked as your tank now looks a lot clearer, looks acceptable anyway for your axie. So I would keep up that.

But yea, has your tank been cycled yet? As kapo said, it might be bacteria. That tends to cause the water to go cloudy so perhaps it is just your tank cycling or there is a bit of waste around. So if this is the case, just keep up with monitoring your ammonia, etc and doing 20% water changes when ammonia or nitrite are above 0.

Not sure about the accu-clear stuff... what are the ingredients? Often chemicals that are ok for fish may not be ok for axies. I tried looking around for you previously but had no luck seeing if it is ok for axies. Perhaps someone else here has tried this?

 

[lazylilsnoop]

my whole aquarium is a 2nd hand aquarium(tank, filter) so do i need to cycle it again? at first when i have gravel, it only took 4 days to clear up. when i change to sand, it takes more than a week to clear, till now it's already 9 days, n still not clear yet.
getting annoyed

hmm, cant seem to find the ingredients of it
but i found the website of the company
http://aquariumpharm.com/en_us/productCategory.asp?categoryname=WaterClarity

 

[kapo]

It is very probably your tank cycling or going through a mini cycle. Saying it change it to sand recently can effect it as the good bacteria has to establish on the sand. Sand has been known to take a while to settle even especially if it's fine.

As for the waste you really need to spotclean your tank daily if you can - invest in a turkey baster, this will help.

Another thing don't rely on the muscle (was that another petshop idea). If your axies' foot gets caught in the shell (which can happen) it can damage/wound your axie. Don't forget they also exude a waste.

Don't forget to give the sand a stir (ie run a turkey baster or the siphon through the sand weekly in rows to eliminate any gas buildup and stir up any hidden waste).

Another thing - don't wash/clean your filter out yet.

And stop using the water clarity thing - it's not needed. Patience and regular tank maintenance. If it does clear up overnight or within next two days or so - continually adding it may muck up any good bacteria which is establishing. Too many people rush into buying quick fixes for their tanks when all is needed is patience and regular water testing and/or frequent partial waterchanges.

Your main things that are needed are the freshwater test kits. Otherwise if you can't afford them make sure you get your tankwater tested twice a week, ask them to write the figures down for ammonia/nitrite and nitrate and if you're stuck post them here.

 

[lazylilsnoop]

made some cleaning today... it was clear yesterday, n today when i did some cleaning n sand stirring, my water went back to stage 1, cloudy again. i thought they should settle down quick since the water has already become clear

by the way, yesterday i saw Mango(axies) poo out a huge gravel, when it was in his body, i thought it was quite weird to have a black spot near his *** part... but later i watch how it came out... hahahaa, guess it must have hurt alot for him

but i'm glad i removed all the gravel already =)

 

[Kaysie]

You'll have to siphon off the 'dust' that's settled on top of the sand you've put in.