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Aquarium Advice Freak
Here's what my tank looked like 5 days ago:
Then, a couple of days ago, the water started getting cloudy. I figured it was a standard post-cycle baterial bloom. I did the standard large water changes to help fend off the cloudiness, and keep the fish happy.
This is what the tank looked like when I came home from work today:
I immediately did an 85% water change, which helped a bit, but it's already headed back to green. I'm cutting back the lights, and will be testing for phosphates/nitrates as soon as the water settles down. I'm sure there's an imbalance somewhere, since I just added pressurized CO2 last week, but this is just shockingly bad.
BTW, basic specs are 120G tank, 300W of PC lights, about 25ppm CO2 (still tuning that), no ferts in the past couple of days due to constant water changes, PH 6.6-6.8, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 6 nitrate 2 days ago.
The good news is that the fish don't seem to mind, and the plants are still pearling like crazy (at least until I cut the lights for the next several days). If nothing else, this hobby sure is educational!
Then, a couple of days ago, the water started getting cloudy. I figured it was a standard post-cycle baterial bloom. I did the standard large water changes to help fend off the cloudiness, and keep the fish happy.
This is what the tank looked like when I came home from work today:
I immediately did an 85% water change, which helped a bit, but it's already headed back to green. I'm cutting back the lights, and will be testing for phosphates/nitrates as soon as the water settles down. I'm sure there's an imbalance somewhere, since I just added pressurized CO2 last week, but this is just shockingly bad.
BTW, basic specs are 120G tank, 300W of PC lights, about 25ppm CO2 (still tuning that), no ferts in the past couple of days due to constant water changes, PH 6.6-6.8, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 6 nitrate 2 days ago.
The good news is that the fish don't seem to mind, and the plants are still pearling like crazy (at least until I cut the lights for the next several days). If nothing else, this hobby sure is educational!