CF> Remarks:  The water turns green.  Have tried all the 
 CF> over the counter remeidies for cloudly water and for 
 CF> algae.  Even started the tank from fresh water and 
 CF> clean everything in the tank.  Even tried changing the 
Hi there Charles.  First off, there are some in this echo that have been 
doing this for a very very long time, and have a vast amount of experience.  
I've been trying to learn what I can from them, and my own experience, but 
please feel free to take their advice over mine.  
Maybe I'm way off base here (which is quite possible) but are you giving the 
tank time to cycle?  There's all kinds of organisms in the tank, and the 
rocks, and as they develop, they help to consume the waste that the fish 
produce.  If you're changing all of the water, and washing your rocks, etc, 
every week, then it's very unlikely the biological cycle will ever get 
established.  From what I've been reading here, and my own experience, I take 
out and replace about 20% of the water in my tank every two weeks.  While 
doing that, I use a gravel vacuum, which works on the basis of siphoning, to 
vacuum the gravel, sucking up the larger waste products and such.  I replace 
this water with water that's been treated for ph, and treated to remove any 
chlorine.  From what I've seen, it is not at all uncommon for a tank to get a 
bit cloudy and such shortly after it's been established.  This should settle 
down after a week or less.  If it's staying really cloudy, or growing stacks 
of algae, I'd suspect that you're leaving the tank lights on a LOT, or over 
feeding.  It's surprising, but they really don't need very much food.
Again, please excuse me if I'm telling you something you're well aware of.
William
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