I was treating my tank yesterday and had to do a 50% water change and the water is all whitish and cloudy now. Do I have to leave it to filter through again until it clears up? How long until the water clears again? Why did it go all murky? It is a 70gal tank with two 70gal filters and live plantsI did a 50% water change. When will my water clear up?Does it have sand in the bottom? If your filters are doing their jobs, it should clear up in a hour or so unless this is a new tank.
Large water changes usually aren't that good, multiple smaller ones in the same day are better if you have a really bad water quality reading.
(like do a 20%, wait a few hours, then do another 20% and so on)I did a 50% water change. When will my water clear up?I maintain aquariums professionally, and due to being paid by the hour, I cannot take ALL day to maintain one aquarium. A normal freshwater service from my company consists of a 50-70% water changed depending on the water test results.
After a water change, it may take up to 4 hours for your aquarium to clear depending on the performance of your filtration.
Try adding carbon to the filter to help clear water.
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