Reply With QuoteDoes your filter have carbon? Sometimes that helps. But instead of putting the carbon in your filter, try the simple method of simply hanging it at the side of your aquarium where the outflow is. After a month or so, can just remove.
I've got a 2 feet tank which mainly fillled with water plants and a couple of cory and a clown loach.
I have realised that no matter how much I have tried changing water, cleaning up the filter, I just cannot get rid of the debris flowing and floating in the tank. Last few days, I see more stuff like white squirmish worm swimming in the water..... One halequin die of pop-eye.....
What's wrong with my set-up.... or is there a way to keep the water crystal clear and debris-lesser.....
Sometime, my fish watch me too!
Does your filter have carbon? Sometimes that helps. But instead of putting the carbon in your filter, try the simple method of simply hanging it at the side of your aquarium where the outflow is. After a month or so, can just remove.
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Thanks for your reply but how would carbon help in clearing the debris?
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I normally do a surface skim when changing water.
I do not really know the science behind carbon clearing cloudy water. But it does seem to help. Cause from the way you put it, your tank doesn't seem to be cloudy due to detritus, its more a chemical thing. And carbon being pretty reactive, give crystal clear water.
Carbon is the all round solution to crystal clear water. So far thats what I know.
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just add filter floss
I have like 8 layers of filter floss through the filtration system.... but just doesn't seems to hold those debris....
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u using those white floss?
Your corydoras are stirring up the debris from the substrate(i know cause i have them too), as long as u see your floss dirty(trapping particles) it means its working fine- if it doesn't then, u need better filter turnover rate,some carbon.
The white worms u see is a sign of overfeeding.
how long has the tank been running? & how long have u had the problem.
Yes, I am using the conventional white floss.... and it does trapped dirt.
I have like about 6 fishes and I only feed 8 tetra bits to them per day, I don't think they are overfed coz i see them taking one each.. or almost if the shrimp don't come and snatch the food.
This tank has been going on for about 4 months now and the death rate is 4 over 4 months, the neon tetra.
As for the cory, I know they do kick some debris to the water but those flying around is in mid water level.
The white worm started not long after I did a complete relayout of my plants.
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