Hello,
I have a 5 gallon fish tank that I set up on may 15, on may 18 I put in 3 glo fish and a live plant. It was fine for a week or so then the water started to get really cloudy. I realized I had been really overfeeding the fish so I cut back to one feeding every other day and the water got almost clear, then it clouded up suddenly and I realized the roots of the plant were dissolving and though it was still green, the plant was clearly dying so I removed it completely. Following the advice of my local pet store I did a 30% water change and it was just a cloudy the next day as it had been. The cloudiness is white and smoky looking. I have tried nutrafin cycle, I treated the tank once then again the next day and it didn't seem to change anything. I had the water tested at the pet store and they said the water is completely fine. The tank is open top so water evaporates out quickly so I add about 10 ounces of tap water every other day. I had been using tap water conditioner when I added the tap water but the pet store guy said to stop using it because it might be making it worse. So now it has been over a week with nothing added to the tank, only little bits of untreated tap water. I was doing weekly 10% water changes and using a vacuum to clean the gravel but now I'm even afraid to do any more water changes, I thought just leaving it completely alone would help but it hasn't... I'm at a loss about what to do, the fish seem fine but I can barely see them unless they are near the walls... please let me know if anyone has any ideas about what I should do to fix my tank water