My son has a 20 gallon aquarium, filtered by an AquaClear 70. Since day one, we have struggled with cloudy/hazy water. The fish load in there has always been kind of light. We've had some community fish in there, and also some cichlids. Right now, we have a few small cichlids in there. The only way I can get and keep the water clear is by using Acurel F. This clouding or haziness gets worse when I perform water changes. I tested my water for phosphates today, and they were high. A part of me is wondering if that's the problem, but I don't know. Phosphates generally do not create issues with clouding as much as they do for algae growth.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?