Clean water gone in 60 seconds, oscar

[Billythefish]

Im freaking pisst as some of you guys may no i got my 1st oscar yesterday and got loads of tips from the a.c and things have been real good, now i had the tank up and runing for 8 years with other fish so i had pukka water so i was more than happy with the new oscar going in it and he was fine until now i just terned around and the water is thick with dirt and has gone all green the oscar is going nuts kicking up all the gravel and dirt shes even going for me with her mouth wide open. What the hell??

[Lady Hobbs]

How dirty is your gravel? Is he stirring stuff up from the bottom? Did you clean the gravel and do a big water change before adding him?

[crackatinny]

Sounds like one wild oscar you got there, how big is he?

[Billythefish]

I did do a gravel vac and a 40ish% water change the water was all good levels but now its even hard to see from one side to the other!

[xoolooxunny]

maybe its yelling at you for how filthy her gravel is?

[Billythefish]

Hes about 10'' and i got him off a old guy in my lfs who wanted rid of the oscar in a swap for little fish bcoz hes tank was to small

[crackatinny]

Hopefully he will calm down for you, perhaps after being in the small tank so long, he is enjoying the room.

[Billythefish]

Thats what i was thinking crackatiny bcoz hes up and down up and down, hes made a big hole in the middle of the gravel all the way down to the ugf i think thats why the waters gone so green!

[jbeining75]

Do some big water changes and stir the entire gravel and vac it out. If you don't he will... They are extremely messy eaters also.

[Nick89]

If you have a greenish color water, then its more than likely and Algae bloom. If you have a real cloudy tank, then get Accu-clear. it cleared my tank up within hours, the green was gone and it was clearing the tank within a few days to crystal clear color.