Mid posted.


"spiral_72" wrote in message
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Real quick:

You are changing a lot of water. Can you cut that back to like 25% per
week? I would never change 50-75% at a time unless I had serious
problems. Also do you clean/change your filter every time you clean the
tank? I wouldn't. Let the brown slimey stuff build up in the filter(s)
until it restricts flow. If you get a lot of debris in the filters,
brush it off into a trash can once a week if you must...... Otherwise
lightly clean the media just enough to regain flow.

I HAVE changed more than 50% water before and on occasion I got white
cloudy water for several days.

Same here. To original poster - also try cleaning the biological filter
media (sponges/etc.) in tank waste water freshly removed from the tank - not
under tap water. Tap water has chlorine/chloramines and is awfully hard to
get the temperature just right to not kill off the good bacteria in the
sponges/etc.. Since changing to tank waste water my tank has been crystal
clear - even the silicate (diatoms) on the back and sides' glass is going
away significantly, the diatoms were a hold over a year or two ago around
the time started the tank and I am amazed it is finally going away. Good
luck and later!



Just an idea.
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