Sick of this!

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OK, I have cloudy water, and I don't know why!! I Have worked with it for weeks but still there. It all started when, I Got a great deal on a Blue ram that I had my LFS order, By the time I got down to pick it up, it had Fin Rot so I got a great deal on him. ( I know I should have put him in a quarintene tank, But its holding fry Right now!) well, I put it in the tank and started Mealfix treatment. after 1 week it was in great shape. so i done a water change and removed some decorations, and put in a peice of "processed" Driftwood, and some rocks I had got out of the creek (I tested them before adding) Now, After that its been cloudy ever since, I have done countless water changes. It looks as if there is millions of Tiny little white Particles floating around, someone on here recommeded i use some Clotting agent to bind all the particles together so they can be filtered out! Didn't Work!! Since then I have took the Driftwood and rocks out added new filter media (Penguin Bio-wheel 350) , My old pads were about 5 months old and I thought they might not be filtering good enough. I always swish them around in the tank during cleaning to clean them. I changed 1 Then a week Later I changed the other. The Bio-wheels seem fine! Nitrates 10, Nitrites 0, Ammonia 0. My water used to be Crystal clear and now its no where near! Take a look at the "My 55 Gal. Aquarium" Pics, Look at the diffrence between "Aquarium and New Fish"
 
Try some Seachem's Purigen in your filter and just leave the tank alone. It will clear up on it's own in time.
 
r they like big particles?
mayb just give it some time
did u put the natural salt yet?
do u have a good filter?
mayb the ceramics in ur filter is all shattered up
 
r they like big particles? No, Very Small
mayb just give it some time
did u put the natural salt yet? No, No Salt
do u have a good filter? Penguin Biowheel 350, Works Great
mayb the ceramics in ur filter is all shattered up. No Ceramics, Just Media pads and Bio-wheels
 
Slappy*McFish said:
Try some Seachem's Purigen in your filter and just leave the tank alone. It will clear up on it's own in time.

Thanks Slappy, I will try some Purigen Tommorow, I have seen the stuff but never researched it! I hope it works!! I miss the days of my Cryctal Clear water.
 
It sounds like it might be a bacterial bloom ... if it is, it is self-correcting: it will clear itself up as the bacteria equilibriate with the available nutrients. Watch for any water parameter changes (e.g., an ammonia spike) when the bacteria die off.

Patricia
 
Patricia said:
It sounds like it might be a bacterial bloom ... if it is, it is self-correcting: it will clear itself up as the bacteria equilibriate with the available nutrients. Watch for any water parameter changes (e.g., an ammonia spike) when the bacteria die off.

Patricia

Well, There was no reason for a Bacterial Bloom! And even if it was shouldn't it have cleared up by now? its been over 1 month.
 
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