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[connor]

Ok every time I mess with my aquarium I get this for about a week if not longer I run flurowmax in the tank and tricks on cleaning or anything?!? [http://www.apistogramma.com/forum/ATTACH]248374[/ATTACH]


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[jetajockey]

Are you using soil also? That looks really bad, doing some big gravel vac water changes and good filtration should be clearing it up quickly.

 

[connor]

There is clay in the substrate and it clouds bad



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[jetajockey]

If you have dirt or clay in the tank you need to keep it capped to avoid having the water cloud up as easily.

 

[connor]

It all just came in the bag


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[jetajockey]

If it's just floramax then siphon all of the water out, add fresh water, let it settle, and siphon all the small particulate. You can also put some filter floss on the intake tube of the filter and it will catch a lot of the debris. Seachem Clarity works pretty good in this kind of situation.

 

[connor]

Thanks I'll do that


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[Gibberwatt]

I just leave my gravel alone, and let the plants/bacteria deal with it. It's been like that for 6 months, and nobody has died, so I guess it works.

 

[connor]

Yea I just planted so that's my problem I guess


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[Brian_Nano12g]

Floramax needs to be pre-rinsed (unlike eco complete) and it comes with a packet of bio-magnet clarifying solution. Just curious, did you use it?

 

[connor]

No where did you get that


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[connor]

I rinsed it too


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[jetajockey]

Some packages don't have it, I've noticed. It's basically the same thing as seachem clarity, a flocculant that binds the tiny particles together so they get caught in the filter easier

 

[connor]

I used some that I had it worked great thanks


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