Top way to clear water?

[JTAM963]

My water before last weeks water change was clear..then i did a water change about 25 percent and its been cloudy ever since...best thing tp do is another water change? Any tips

 

[neilanh]

when did you do the PWC? is not uncommon for things to get stirred up sometimes in a PWC.

Did you make sure to use dechlorinator too? if you forgot it, that could've done it

 

[JTAM963]

That might have been it..usually I do a half capful of prime...then do the water change...I'm going to test tank and make sure water okay...then do the change..can't stand it being cloudy at ALL!!

 

[CaysE]

Is it "dusty" cloudy like substrate, or "foggy" cloudy like very skim milk? If it's from the substrate, running the water through polyfill usually does the trick in clearing it up. I run a HOB filter with two sponge medias and polyfill packed between them. It works great in keeping the water clear.

 

[JTAM963]

It was kind of a dusty..not from substrate..more like skim milk i guess..i added a couple cabomba plants n its cleared up now...also floating in bags waiting to be added...a green terror and another firemouth..wohoooo

 

[tropicfishman]

I think thats just a ton of microscopic bubbles, at least thats what I classify them as lol that happens to me if I do PWC and then re add water and not giving it a fe wminutes to settle in the milk jugs, I guess you could call it de gassing

 

[JTAM963]

yeah i never let it settle..due to PYTHON ...haha way too easy