My 75g is starting to get cloudy. It has been cycled for about 2 months, and the cloudiness doesn't necessarily have a color to it yet. I am suspecting attack of the green water. I have seen some algae build up on my hardscape (which the pleco is lovin!). The cloudiness really didn't start until I added the co2.
As of last night, here is my set up and parameters:
75g
XP3 filter
Hydor ETH 300w heater (kept at 79 degrees)
CO2 injection
2x65w 10k CF bulbs
2x65w Actinic CF bulbs
PFS substrate
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0-5
PH - 6.4
KH - 3 degrees
GH - 7 degrees
Phosphates - 0-.5
Fish - many of various kinds (see sig)
Plants - moderately planted (most of the plants are recent, and the co2 is very new, so most of the growth has really just started). Dosing with liquid ferts (I will have to update this later, I can't remember the name) ~twice a week.
So here's where I am - i see 3 things that can cause my water to be cloudy...1. stirred up the PFS and now the water is cloudy, 2. Bacterial Bloom, 3. Algae Bloom. Since I haven't stirred the PFS too much recently and the tank has been cycled for 2 months, I am thinking algae...I have been reading on this and it seems to be caused by my Nitrate:Phosphate imbalance, and that I need to dose nitrates to get a 10:1 ratio. That is well and good and will be done. So then what? Will the cloudiness go away on its own, or will this require a blackout? Any other help is appreciated
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