I have a 10g tank that's been up and running now for about a week and a half and I am having trouble with yellow/brownish tinted water.
I don't have any wood in my tank so it's not tannins.
I also believed it may be diatoms but I have nothing growing on the tank or gravel or plants etc.
I have been doing frequent 35-50% water changes which has helped because in the beginning it was much darker and cloudy(cloudyness i think due to the tank cycling and just being set up) and had brown/orange bubbles all along the top of the tank and around the filter. And when I cleaned the top it turned the towel brown
The bubbles are gone and when I wipe the top I no longer get brown but the water is still visibly tinted.
My filter however I changed out because it was all orange/brown and now this 2nd one looks the same way and I am afraid to keep switching them since I am still cycling and am nervous about losing the BB.
Any one have any thoughts on what this might be?
Pictures posted.
I don't have any wood in my tank so it's not tannins.
I also believed it may be diatoms but I have nothing growing on the tank or gravel or plants etc.
I have been doing frequent 35-50% water changes which has helped because in the beginning it was much darker and cloudy(cloudyness i think due to the tank cycling and just being set up) and had brown/orange bubbles all along the top of the tank and around the filter. And when I cleaned the top it turned the towel brown
The bubbles are gone and when I wipe the top I no longer get brown but the water is still visibly tinted.
My filter however I changed out because it was all orange/brown and now this 2nd one looks the same way and I am afraid to keep switching them since I am still cycling and am nervous about losing the BB.
Any one have any thoughts on what this might be?
Pictures posted.