Tank water is cloudy!

Roan Art said:
For my first tank (36g bowfront) I stole one of my husband's socks, put a couple of handfuls of aragonite sand/coral in it, and stuck it behind the cartridge in the Penguin. Worked great.
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Did you use the other sock on one of your 75gs? :)

Peace...
 
infidsg35 said:
In Tank:
NitrIte = 0.2
NitrAte = 5.0
CO2 = 8
PH = 6.8
Ammonia = 0.25
GH = 4
KH = 1

Out of the Tap:
KH = 0
GH = 2
PH = 7.6

Looks like im in desporate need of a water change... I bought some Crushed Coral that I will use instead of the Buffer.
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Dose 1 tsp baking soda ASAP and get your KH up BEFORE you do your water change.

Your entire biofilter of established bacteria are in grave danger if that KH reading out of the tap is accurate.

After you do a 50% waterchange dose 1 tsp of baking soda then test. Add more to get the KH up to at least 4.

Did you test the cold water or the hot water? Or test with both on? I ask this because my husband had not been draining the hot water heater and my

Cold water:
pH 6.6
dKH 1
dGH 4

Hot Water:
pH 7.4
dKH 2
dGH 5

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67697&highlight=water+heater

It's very important to regularily test your tap water. It will never stay the same. Municipalities are always futzing with the dang thing. When I started keeping fish 6 months ago my dKH out of the tap was 3.

Roan
 
Ok I added some Crushed Coral in my Fluval 204. Its ran for about 8 hrs. Then I added 1tsp of Bakeing Soda to 1 gallon of water then added it to the tank. Wait a few minutes and ran a few tests.

KH = 4
GH = 4
PH = 7

I will do a water change tomorrow and further test!
 
Ok I changed 60% of water last night. Tank went from cloudy to hazy. What should be the next step?
 
Before water change:

In Tank:

NitrIte = 0.2
NitrAte = 5.0
CO2 = 8
PH = 6.8
Ammonia = 0.25
GH = 4
KH = 1

After water change:

NitrIte = 0
NitrAte = 0
CO2 = 8
PH = 8
Ammonia = 0
GH = 4
KH = 4
 
infidsg35 said:
Overstocking is a true and all but explain LFS tanks. They are WAY WAY WAY overstocked. They have clear water with lots of healthy fish.
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Isn't that because pet stores typically use a massive central filtration system or something? I remember asking someone about this once, and they said that because of the central filtration thingie, the tanks had huge amounts of clean water cycling through them everyday, such that the fish were living in diluted water conditions akin to a really frikkin' huge tank. I don't think I'm really explaining it well, but maybe someone else here knows what I'm talking about. <_<
 
Then whats the diffrence between that and changing water? I would love someone to explain this BUT I rather get to the bottom of my problem first :)
 
After water change:

NitrIte = 0
NitrAte = 0
CO2 = 8
PH = 8
Ammonia = 0
GH = 4
KH = 4
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Much better. Start injecting CO2. You'll need to monitor your KH and pH.

Out of curiosity, where are you getting that CO2 number from? A test kit? It's wrong, anyhow ;) The number should be 1.2ppm.

Here's a CO2 calculator: http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_co2chart.htm

You'll want to try to get your pH down to about 6.8 for 20ppm CO2. As it drops below 7.0, the KH will rise (coral dissolves) to about 5. At 5 dKH and pH 6.8 you'll have 22.3 CO2. Bubble rate about 32-40 bpm.

Don't be too anxious to get the pH down right away. Slow and easy does it :)

I'd keep an eye on the nitrates. With 0 nitrates you may have algae forming in the not too distant future. The plants need them to grow and if they are at 0, then there is nothing there for the plants to use.

Roan
 
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