![]() It may even clear up for a day or two, but then the cloudiness comes back with a vengeance. You buy this and that potion and add them to the tank. They may tell you about something called “new tank syndrome.” Or they may try to sell you a bunch of things to fix the problem. ![]() The water looks like a gray rain cloud has descended into your tank. The next morning, there’s no mistaking it. You feed the fish, turn out the light and go to bed. Obviously, you’ve got a wet thumb! That evening, you return home and notice a bit of gray cloudiness in the water. You’ve heard horror stories from some folks about how hard aquarium keeping can be, but yours looks beautiful so they must have done something wrong. You head off to work or school and look forward to coming home to your beautiful, new aquarium. The tank looks great the next day when you feed the fish in the morning. You dump some food in and admire your handiwork. You get your fish and after you carefully follow the shop clerk’s directions to float the bag and add some water to “acclimate” your new charges, you add them to the tank. Everything looks perfect, like the beautiful tanks you see on TV, and you can’t wait to add fish. (If you go to a good store, they won’t sell you fish, just the tank and all you need to go in it.) When you get home, you follow all the instructions that the shop clerk gave you and set up your first aquarium. You see those shows on TV where they set up a huge, beautiful tank in under an hour and think, “It’s gotta be easy, right?” So you head off to the local pet store, buy a tank setup and head home.
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