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Posted: March 07 2013 at 6:49am |
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Help I woke up and my tank is white everything was doing good and today I woke up and its white white not clear
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:09am |
How long has the tank been set up?
Any clams in the tank?
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:10am |
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Anything dead? Cloudy water generally means there is high levels of organics or ammonia in the water. Do a large water change and replace any media bags in your filtration.
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:15am |
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If your doseing vodka it also means a bad bacterial bloom!!!
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:16am |
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Its a new tank I have just never seen it like that. Its a 55 I done 15 gallons out and new filter media ... Anything else .. no clams nothin dead..
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:19am |
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Any macro algae that could have gone sexual?
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:19am |
It may just be a bacterial bloom related to being a newer setup.
Exactly how long has the tank been up?
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:20am |
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Test your ammonia. New as in just setup and still cycling?
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:26am |
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Week and half . And being new and having the spike what I have done already with the water change and filter media. What else can I do. And how often should I repeat the water change
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:26am |
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No macro in the tank
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:35am |
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Off its only a week and a half its just pay off the cycle and you should just leave it and let the bacteria run its cycle. No water changes or media changes until the cycle and then stay changing water and media. I wouldn't run any media during the cycle of it were me.
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:41am |
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Week and a half shouldnt have much in it.......
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 7:46am |
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I checked my filter media cuz I wasnt getting much flow . It was all clogged up with just white stuff. Not slimmy . But I dunno what it was.
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 8:23am |
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Again (in english this time. lol), don't run any carbon or other media (filter pad is ok if it's changed daily) during your cycle. It should clear after a couple of days.
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 8:29am |
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K thanks everyone for the help
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