Jennybo
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Last week I purchased a new bag of activated carbon for my 12g Nano Tank. The day after putting it in my tank, the tank got extremely cloudy. At first I thought it was just dirty so I did my cleaning of the bottom and did a partial water change. The next day it was just as cloudy if not more, so I took out all of the filter inserts and rinsed them in a bowl of the tank water and put them back in. I have been doing partial water changes since then and nothing is doing any good. Yesterday I took out the carbon insert and the tank looks like it is clearing up. Could this be my carbon doing this, and if so why?
Since I have a bunch of plants in my tank and they have established good root base and are doing excellent, do I need carbon in the filter or are the plants doing all of the filtration?
Please help me to understand!
Since I have a bunch of plants in my tank and they have established good root base and are doing excellent, do I need carbon in the filter or are the plants doing all of the filtration?
Please help me to understand!