That kinda goes along with a new thread I'm about to start, cause unfortunatly, I'm moving in 2-3 weeks and will have to do a total tear down.
HEY! My tank is too clean! ....Huh?
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I believe most people out there would say "nah, my tank could never be too clean...infact it needs some work".
I would be in that boat, being that if I had more time for my aquariums I could do more to them.
BTW...my nitrates are at or slightly below 10 and have stayed this way so I dont think it means something bad...it is usually a really good thing!
I would be in that boat, being that if I had more time for my aquariums I could do more to them.
BTW...my nitrates are at or slightly below 10 and have stayed this way so I dont think it means something bad...it is usually a really good thing!
I know everyone thinks Im crazy but I still think its that stress coat crap. Since when is aloe vera found in a amazon river or lakes in central america. I also know that after I stopped using it and cleaned out the left over sludge I never had this problem again. Just my two cents. If this tank is five months old the new tank syndrome would of done ran ran it course.
care to come over and show me where stress-coat is causing me a problem? i use it every water change, and up until recently i had 7 tanks, NO cloudy water and NO losing fish. now i only have 3 but i have probably 100 fry.........
while stress coat may add some extra stuff that isn't really needed, it's NOT the culprit here.
edit: btw, any updates?
UPDATE
Did a 20% water change with water that I put into 5 gallon jugs 3 days ago. Did not touch gravel, simply siphoned water out. I did this 24 hours ago. NO STRESS COAT.
Sorry to say that my water does not look impressive.
Starting to get disgusted.
Did a 20% water change with water that I put into 5 gallon jugs 3 days ago. Did not touch gravel, simply siphoned water out. I did this 24 hours ago. NO STRESS COAT.
Sorry to say that my water does not look impressive.
Starting to get disgusted.
you aren't by chance using water from the hudson are you? 
edit: i'll come back to this, don't worry.
edit2: i sent you a pm.
edit: i'll come back to this, don't worry.
edit2: i sent you a pm.
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give it a chance Anthony, it's not going to be a quick overnight fix. I know it's tough to sit and just let it look unsatisfying to you, you've got to allow the tank to do what it must though....
I am having the same issue with one of my tanks. The water always has a milky white coloration. If you look at the tank from the front you really can't notice. But the cloudiness is obvious when looking through the side of the tank.
I do 3 25% water changes a week, it seems like a lot but I have an 8" flower horn in my 50g breeder that leaves human sized turds all over my sand substrate. It becomes unattractive quickly. The water changes are really me sucking his poop out of the water with my python.
The tank is filtered by a magnum 350 PRo with the two biowheels and a magnum HOT 250. I have been battling this discoloration for a while. My tank has been cycled for 5 months and it would seem that I have plenty of filtration.
The only additive I add is 'Proper PH 7.0' to neutralize chlorine and buffer the PH. Could this be causing the cloudines? I have heard differnet opinions on this product.
I just can't figure out why my cycled tank with no ammonia, no nitrite and <10 nitrates looks cloudy.
My only other suspicion is that maybe I didn't rinse the play sand properly. Although I remember standing in front of the kitchen sink for hours straining sand through my pillowcase.
Any thoughts?
I do 3 25% water changes a week, it seems like a lot but I have an 8" flower horn in my 50g breeder that leaves human sized turds all over my sand substrate. It becomes unattractive quickly. The water changes are really me sucking his poop out of the water with my python.
The tank is filtered by a magnum 350 PRo with the two biowheels and a magnum HOT 250. I have been battling this discoloration for a while. My tank has been cycled for 5 months and it would seem that I have plenty of filtration.
The only additive I add is 'Proper PH 7.0' to neutralize chlorine and buffer the PH. Could this be causing the cloudines? I have heard differnet opinions on this product.
I just can't figure out why my cycled tank with no ammonia, no nitrite and <10 nitrates looks cloudy.
My only other suspicion is that maybe I didn't rinse the play sand properly. Although I remember standing in front of the kitchen sink for hours straining sand through my pillowcase.
Any thoughts?
You sound very much as I do.
I keep mentioning how my 10 gallon is crystal clear, even though I took the water from my 36 gallon to fill it.
You just reminded me of the ONLY difference between the two......It's the gravel!
The 10 gal has medium to large gravel/rocks, while the one giving me a hard time has small / fine to medium gravel.
Could this be the culprit? Who the heck knows.
Is there a way to change gravel without destroying my tank?
I keep mentioning how my 10 gallon is crystal clear, even though I took the water from my 36 gallon to fill it.
You just reminded me of the ONLY difference between the two......It's the gravel!
The 10 gal has medium to large gravel/rocks, while the one giving me a hard time has small / fine to medium gravel.
Could this be the culprit? Who the heck knows.
Is there a way to change gravel without destroying my tank?
i changed from large gravel to sand...err, am still changing. rather than pull apart the whole tank and do it in one huge project, i've been changing over a period of months. right now the tank is about 80% sand, 20% large gravel, which i've left in for longer than i'd intended because one of my spiny eels seems to oddly prefer that portion. what i did was basically remove the gravel a little at a time while i was doing water changes and began to add sand to those sections. did they mix in parts? sure, but that didn't bother me much. and i also lost some sand i'd put in to replace the gravel as i removed gravel, but at $2 a bag for sand, i wasn't too broken up about it.
going the opposite way, i would think, should be easier, because you can just suck sand or small gravel out with a large enough hose. just add the gravel in cups, a little at a time, so there's not an avalanche falling on your fish.
my sand-based substrates took a lot longer to clear up to crystal-clear water than gravel tanks, but i prefer the look, and i think my fish do as well. also, my plants have always grown better in the sand.
going the opposite way, i would think, should be easier, because you can just suck sand or small gravel out with a large enough hose. just add the gravel in cups, a little at a time, so there's not an avalanche falling on your fish.
my sand-based substrates took a lot longer to clear up to crystal-clear water than gravel tanks, but i prefer the look, and i think my fish do as well. also, my plants have always grown better in the sand.
