mrvincent
Aquarium Advice Addict
Hi, my water is very very cloudy. We can't see fish more than 1 ft. depth. (Sorry for my bad english, I usually speak french).
I don't know if my water is White/Grey cloudy or green cloudy. When the lights are off, it seems to be green, but when lights are on, it seems to be white/grey cloudy.
For precautions of algea bloom, I put black towels on the aquarium. Last WC, I have cleaned substrate, cleaned windows, added no ferts (water was beginning to cloud a bit), unplugged lights, no food, stopped pressurized CO2 system, have put filters to high, cleaned the mechanical filter, but not biogical.
I did some mesurement of the water chemistry, nothing anormal. No ammonia (0).
The water started to become cloudy 3-4 days after I used the product "Waste Control" from Nutrafin. It's supposed to be bacteria that eat fish **** and uneaten food residue or dead plants leaves, etc... I'll not say it's automatically a bacterial bloom, because water seems green when light off...
I got two suicide this week, found 2 lampeye on the ground. It's the first time in 2 month they do that. (I have topless aquarium)
When it started, the water was white for sure, but now it's so cloudy I can't define if it's green or white...
No sunlight is going near the tank, I do 33%PWC per week.
Anyone already experienced that ?
Any idea on what I should do to help?
29 gallons, 78 fluorescent T5HO light 8hrs/day, injecting co2 6hrs/day, moderate to heavy planted.
Temp: 25-27 °C
GH: 5
KH: 3
PH: 6.5-7
NH3+NH4:0
NO2: 0
NO3: <5ppm this week because I did a 50%PWC (usually have <15ppm)
PO4: 0 as usually
Thanks for any help, I don't know what to do now
I don't know if my water is White/Grey cloudy or green cloudy. When the lights are off, it seems to be green, but when lights are on, it seems to be white/grey cloudy.
For precautions of algea bloom, I put black towels on the aquarium. Last WC, I have cleaned substrate, cleaned windows, added no ferts (water was beginning to cloud a bit), unplugged lights, no food, stopped pressurized CO2 system, have put filters to high, cleaned the mechanical filter, but not biogical.
I did some mesurement of the water chemistry, nothing anormal. No ammonia (0).
The water started to become cloudy 3-4 days after I used the product "Waste Control" from Nutrafin. It's supposed to be bacteria that eat fish **** and uneaten food residue or dead plants leaves, etc... I'll not say it's automatically a bacterial bloom, because water seems green when light off...
I got two suicide this week, found 2 lampeye on the ground. It's the first time in 2 month they do that. (I have topless aquarium)
When it started, the water was white for sure, but now it's so cloudy I can't define if it's green or white...
No sunlight is going near the tank, I do 33%PWC per week.
Anyone already experienced that ?
Any idea on what I should do to help?
29 gallons, 78 fluorescent T5HO light 8hrs/day, injecting co2 6hrs/day, moderate to heavy planted.
Temp: 25-27 °C
GH: 5
KH: 3
PH: 6.5-7
NH3+NH4:0
NO2: 0
NO3: <5ppm this week because I did a 50%PWC (usually have <15ppm)
PO4: 0 as usually
Thanks for any help, I don't know what to do now