piao liang yu
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I have a 60 gallon 48"x13"24" tank. One AC110 and one AC70 with two bubble curtains in the back of the tank. I have one T5HO with one rosette bulb and one white bulb. I have several plants that range from anubias, amazon swords, lots of java moss and some java fern. I dose with seachem flourish comprehensive twice a week and dose with seachem flourish excel daily.
My question is just a few days after I do a 50% pwc (performed weekly) I get what I thought were tannins in the water. My purigen gets dark brown within days. I am starting to wonder if it is organic material causing the problem though. My prefilter sponges on my HOB filters get to where they restrict flow after just a couple of days. I have to turn everything off and clean them thoroughly with a lot of muck and gunk washing out of them. I really could clean them every two days. What is going on there? Why would I have such a problem with gunk like that? The following is my stock.
10 neon tetras
4 otocinclus
3 guppies
3 angelicus botia
3 red wag platies
1 Dwarf Gourami
colony of RCS (plenty of hiding places and moss)
Ammo 0, Nitrate 15, Nitrite 0, PH 7.6
Would a UV sterilizer help with this?
My question is just a few days after I do a 50% pwc (performed weekly) I get what I thought were tannins in the water. My purigen gets dark brown within days. I am starting to wonder if it is organic material causing the problem though. My prefilter sponges on my HOB filters get to where they restrict flow after just a couple of days. I have to turn everything off and clean them thoroughly with a lot of muck and gunk washing out of them. I really could clean them every two days. What is going on there? Why would I have such a problem with gunk like that? The following is my stock.
10 neon tetras
4 otocinclus
3 guppies
3 angelicus botia
3 red wag platies
1 Dwarf Gourami
colony of RCS (plenty of hiding places and moss)
Ammo 0, Nitrate 15, Nitrite 0, PH 7.6
Would a UV sterilizer help with this?