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Ok, so a quick update for anyone else who ever has this problem. I have been running D.E. in a magnum H.O.T. for a few weeks now. The filter can go about 24 hours before water flow stops, so I then take it apart a clean it and fill it with more D.E. (which means I have done that about 12 times...

I have been using the RO/DI water for a few reasons. First off, the tap water here is really bad, I won't even drink the stuff. The KH is above 70 (I ran out of room in the test tube). I was also using the RO/DI water because it is the same water the store I have bought everything else from is...

I can't make out any particles in the water. It is just like they are swimming through a fog, or cloud. Maybe I should just say I was going for that whole living in a cloud look :D I am also wondering if it is the soil releasing something. If so then shouldn't the constant water changes...

I have had my filter running since day one, so I just shut it off for ~8 hours and didn't see any changes. (I didn't feel comfortable leaving the filtration off for much longer than that). I have never heard of a diatom filter until yesterday. I ran into the owner of a pretty well know fish...

I have my lights on 8 hours a day. If I do a blackout would that risk killing the plants? Also, if its a bacteria wouldn't the UV make a difference?

Thanks for the welcome! The water might get a little better for a day after a water change, but nothing noticeable. The only chemicals I have ever added to the tank have been seachem equilibrium and alkaline buffer. I don't add much of them anymore, but when the tank was starting out my KH...

I have a tank that has never seen clear water. I have been keeping fish since my dad built me my first 80 gallon tank when I was 8, 25 years ago, and I have never had a problem like this. This tank has been my baby, but I am ready to take a bat to it, so any help would be greatly appreciated...