Fubie
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hello everyone. I am having a hazy, cloudy water issue. My tank:
10g (planted within the last week)
7.2 pH
0 ppm ammonia
0 ppm nitrites
10-20ppm nitrates
3º KH
13º GH
78º F
Small HOB Whisper filter (I believe) that came with it.
Air Pump
Hagen CO2
My tank is almost a year old and seems to be doing well but within the last 4 days the water has started to get whitish in color and hazy. All my tests seem to show everything is alright. BTW I test daily since bringing my fish up to 10 to make sure there are no spikes. 3 days ago I did a PWC and just this morning I decided to do a PWC. But still pretty cloudy water. I am pushing the bio limit of my tank with 10 fish some shrimp and snails. But with the aeration and weekly PWC my testing has not shown any spikes in ammonia or nitrites. Nitrates have steadily hung around 20 ppm. That is why I decided to put some live plants in the tank. To get some natural help with the nitrates. Just to give you a history:
Last Saturday (4 days ago) I added Laterite substrate (I washed it even so the water turned brownish but cleared within a day) Anacharis and Microsword. I also added a higher wattage fluorescent bulb (5500-6000K and a total of 2.1 WPG) and a Hagen CO2 system for the plants. 2 days ago I finally purchased a test kit for water hardness and discovered my GH was high. Finally yesterday I purchased a water softener pillow and my GH has dropped to 8º.
Am I doing to much? Not enough?
TIA
10g (planted within the last week)
7.2 pH
0 ppm ammonia
0 ppm nitrites
10-20ppm nitrates
3º KH
13º GH
78º F
Small HOB Whisper filter (I believe) that came with it.
Air Pump
Hagen CO2
My tank is almost a year old and seems to be doing well but within the last 4 days the water has started to get whitish in color and hazy. All my tests seem to show everything is alright. BTW I test daily since bringing my fish up to 10 to make sure there are no spikes. 3 days ago I did a PWC and just this morning I decided to do a PWC. But still pretty cloudy water. I am pushing the bio limit of my tank with 10 fish some shrimp and snails. But with the aeration and weekly PWC my testing has not shown any spikes in ammonia or nitrites. Nitrates have steadily hung around 20 ppm. That is why I decided to put some live plants in the tank. To get some natural help with the nitrates. Just to give you a history:
Last Saturday (4 days ago) I added Laterite substrate (I washed it even so the water turned brownish but cleared within a day) Anacharis and Microsword. I also added a higher wattage fluorescent bulb (5500-6000K and a total of 2.1 WPG) and a Hagen CO2 system for the plants. 2 days ago I finally purchased a test kit for water hardness and discovered my GH was high. Finally yesterday I purchased a water softener pillow and my GH has dropped to 8º.
Am I doing to much? Not enough?
TIA