This is sooo sad look at the water quality!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 034523.htm

Coloured water isnt always bad

Could have peat in the water or green water algae,

Colour is not necessarily an indication of quality. You can have lovely clear water that is toxic to the inhabitants.

Coloured water isnt always bad

Could have peat in the water or green water algae,

woulden peat change the ph.

Peat can change the pH yes.

Ahh i see, yes if its peat the water could quite possibly be too low for africans

Peat can change the pH yes.

Aha at least i got somthing right :lol:

If you notice in the first picture (the coloured one) there is no substrate there, in the second there is substrate. The owner of the tank has obviously started breaking down their tank and stirred up stuff that was in the substrate, it would undoubtedly not change the conditions of the water as it was already in the water anyway, although stirring up the substrate will release the anaerobic bacteria giving off a sulphur smell which of memory is toxic to fish.

I agree with the above statement. The water level in the tank isn't at its full potential, looks like a breakdown. I can imagine P44 running over there with some buckets and topping it right up

:lol: and carbon to clear out that ghastly colour :lol:

It is very hard to judge the quality of the tank or how clean it is by looking at the water. Yes it can be brown, but they maybe having phosphate issues or as someone else said maybe they just stirred it up. Maybe the photo makes it look worse, maybe they have some brown algae on the tank front (alot of people leave this as its actually good food for the fish).

Brown manky tanks can be just as good as crystal clear ones as long as filters are cycled etc. Alot of good breeders I have seen have had filthy looking tanks deliberately as the fish actually grow better and alot of the fish poo etc is perfectly harmless

Didnt see second pic :oops: