Jacobsal91
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Dont have time to photograph but my cichlid tank has a slight white fog im not sure what it could be water tests ok any thoughts?
Malawi Freak said:Have you recently cleaned your filters or a very large water change. Could be a mini cycle or a microbloom
Malawi Freak said:And you're water is fine? I would recommend a couple 50+% water changes to clear it up.
5x5 said:I suspect this happens to me everytime I do my fx5 filter clean. No matter how much care I take to preserve all the BB, it's always cloudy for the next 2 weeks. Maybe next time i'll dust off the API kit and get confirmation.
Jacobsal91 said:Yeah i recently got a full time job and finding a good time to do the water changes isnt easy sometimes. Doing one tonight
Malawi Freak said:Are you replacing everything in the filter? I've had the same sponges, carbon, and bio rings in my fluval 305 for over 3 years. Only thing I change out in it is filter floss I put in one of the levels of trays.
5x5 said:I do everything at once. Clean the bio media, prefilter media, swap out the coarse polishing pad and clean the sponge inserts. It's such a pain doing the Fx5, I try to avoid touching it like the plague. So when it does come out, it's everything.
I'm curious if other people do it in stages. I figured as long as the bio media is not exposed to chlorine or harsh temperatures, it should be fine. I'll test next time for sure to see if it'd related to the white haze.
Malawi Freak said:Are you replacing everything in the filter? I've had the same sponges, carbon, and bio rings in my fluval 305 for over 3 years. Only thing I change out in it is filter floss I put in one of the levels of trays.
Malawi Freak said:Are you replacing everything in the filter? I've had the same sponges, carbon, and bio rings in my fluval 305 for over 3 years. Only thing I change out in it is filter floss I put in one of the levels of trays.
Barakis said:Except that carbon expires (or rather, runs out) as it filters the toxins. In fact after 3 years without a change, you might as well not use carbon.
I'm not obsessive, I don't change media and I only do PWC every 2 weeks, but carbon is changed every pwc.
Malawi Freak said:I only use carbon for a surface area for BB. I can take my canister filter, 2 hob's off and still be more than covered in filtration with my sump.
Barakis said:Nuff said lol