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Cloudy as in the water looks "whitish"?
Try adding more fine filter media in your filter.
My tank is already 9 months old.. definatley cycled.. my CRS are breeding.. only plants/CRS and otto..
Weekly 20% water change.
however, the water always looks cloudy. was thinking of adding carbon media into my canister filter. will it affect my precious CRS?
My main objective is to get rid of the cloudy look... pls help...
Cloudy as in the water looks "whitish"?
Try adding more fine filter media in your filter.
thanks. but can you recommend what sort of fine media? currently mine consist of 2 layer of lava stone-small size, and 1 layer of ceremic (hollow inthe centre).
is it greenish? bacteria bloom should not happen on 9 months old tank
Blumarine, do you have fine white floss in your filter? That would help with trapping of the smaller particles.
yes, i do have the piece of fine white floss..
bacteria bloom? is it possible .. jst whiteish colour. never seems to clear even with 20% water change weekly.. attached a pic for advise, thanks.
Last edited by Blumarine; 23rd Jan 2010 at 10:05.
Hm...same here with my 3ft. I've bought some fine white filter and a carbon active to put in this weekend. Hope it'll help. I've also consulted lfs boss and was told to try stop feeding for 2 days and then WC. After WC, not to switch on lights for a day.
I used to have cloudy water for years until I install a UV filter recently.
Originally Posted by Ian Lim
O...do you mean that those whitish water is actually algae?
Not sure whether it is algae, have tried charcoal too but it last only for a while so decided to use the UV and I am very please with it. Suggest that you provide enought mechanical and biological filter before you try UV.
basically UV will kill bacteria (if bacteria bloom) or algae (if green water)
Hi
This cloudyness can happen when the good bacteria in your filter dies and get washed out from the canister during filtration. My 6 footer also sometimes suffer from this if especially when I wash my canister every 6 months.
It takes sometimes a few days to clear up...sometimes I put algae away chemical and the tank water becomes crystal clear in less than 24hours.
i Cant put in any chemical type of agent as i am worried my CRS cannot take it. i did a 20% WC, stopped feeding 2 days, and black out, still didn't work for my tank
try add floating plant like fogbit, it should help absorb amonia.
Why not try carbon active. I just did last Saturday and the water starts to improve slightly, not crystal clear though...hope it will in few more daysi Cant put in any chemical type of agent as i am worried my CRS cannot take it. i did a 20% WC, stopped feeding 2 days, and black out, still didn't work for my tank
Yes, active carbon will improve the situation.Why not try carbon active. I just did last Saturday and the water starts to improve slightly, not crystal clear though...hope it will in few more days
Practised and it works.
when you say active carbon, do you also mean charcoal (those that we put into the filter?)
Have any idea crystal red shrimp can adapt to it?
Yes, aquarium use charcoal, remove presence of chemical.
Never keep shrimps before, so not sure.
Maybe members here keeping shrimps can help.
Well, I'm not very sure either. I have CRS in my tank and all of them seems normal (after a week). But I dont plan to leave those there for long as I've heard that it'll actually absorb minerals beneficial to shrimps too. Can any one clarify that?
bought a UV device.. does anyone knows how long should i keep the UV on? the package does not have any instructions on it..
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